Senior HPC Cluster Engineer
IonQ
- Location
- Bothell, Washington, United States; Boulder, Colorado, United States; College Park, Maryland, United States
- Work model
- On-Site
- Level
- Senior
- Salary
- $145.9k/yr
- Posted
- 6d ago
Skills
About this role
About IonQ
IonQ, Inc. [NYSE: IONQ] is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier - delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. IonQ’s newest generation of quantum computers, the IonQ Tempo, is the latest in a line of cutting-edge systems that have been helping customers and partners including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca achieve 20x performance results and accelerate innovation in drug discovery, materials science, financial modeling, logistics, cybersecurity, and defense. In 2025, the company achieved 99.99% two-qubit gate fidelity, setting a world record in quantum computing performance.
Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before.
Location: This role is based out of our College Park, MD, Boulder, CO, or Bothell, WA offices. We offer a hybrid work model, allowing for remote work a few days per week.
The Role
We're looking for an HPC Cluster Engineer to join our Infrastructure Team. Our mission is to build and operate the internal high-performance computing platform that IonQ's researchers and application developers rely on to advance quantum computing.
In this role, you'll help design, build, and maintain an HPC platform that spans on-premises and cloud clusters. Day to day, that means developing automation tooling, configuring infrastructure at scale, and helping scientific users get the most out of their workloads.
You'll also work closely with the rest of the Infrastructure Team to integrate the HPC platform with the other systems behind IonQ's quantum computers. This role will be a great fit if you enjoy working alongside researchers and want your