# Senior Quantum Physicist

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,andAstraZeneca 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 at our Oxford, UK office with the option t

- **Id**: 934703
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ionq-quantum-scientist>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: senior
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Oxford, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: yes
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-09-15T13:29:26Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-15
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T21:46:44Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 53
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 8842
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Annual leave, Dental insurance, Equity, Hybrid work, Stock options, Unlimited PTO
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Quantum Computing Hardware

## Company

- **Id**: 1800
- **Name**: IonQ
- **Domain**: ionq.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ionq>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 80
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.813
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 42
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 60000
- **Max usd**: 107000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: role_seniority_country_remote_cell
- **Sample n**: 19

## Technologies

- **IonQ** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **Rust** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 53

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: phd
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Hiring excludes

- **United States** — Iso: US

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-09-15T13:53:00Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 23
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.526
- **P room**: 0.44
- **Age days**: 52
- **Expected fill days**: 42
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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