# Senior Cryogenic Engineer

ID Quantique (IDQ) as part of IONQ, is a global leader in quantum-safe communications and quantum detection systems. We provide solutions to protect governments, telecommunication infrastructures, and banking & financial institutions from the “harvest-now, decrypt-later” threat, delivering both terrestrial and space-based quantum-safe networks in live operation globally. Our Quantum Detection Systems push the limits of single-photon detection, powering breakthroughs in quantum communication, sensing, computing, and ultra-sensitive imaging in partnership with top researchers and tech innovators worldwide. What to Expect We are seeking a Senior Cryogenic Engineer to support and develop advanced cryogenic platforms for our SNSPD (Superconducting Nanowire Single-Photon Detector) product line, with a strong emphasis on next-generation rack-mountable systems. You will join a cross-functional team dedicated to advancing world-class quantum technologies that address some of the most complex challenges in computing, networking, and sensing. In this role, you will play a central part in the development lifecycle, overseeing cryogenic subsystems and ensuring robust, reliable 2K cryo-systems t

- **Id**: 485871
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/id-quantique-senior-cryogenic-engineer>
- **Role**: Industrial Engineering
- **Role family**: Industrial Engineering
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Geneva, Switzerland
- **Countries**: CH
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-03-31T15:16:14Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-04-01
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-08T10:09:07Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 221
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3594
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, Flexible schedule
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Information Security, Quantum Computing Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 54297
- **Name**: ID Quantique
- **Domain**: id-quantique.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/id-quantique>
- **Size band**: 11-50
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 94000
- **Max usd**: 158000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 9

## Technologies

- **IonQ** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 221

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 5
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: master
- **Optional**: no

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-06T19:07:33Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 8
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.271
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 221
- **Expected fill days**: 32
- **Reasons**: conf:3, win:tail, crowd:
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-08T05:47:12Z

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