# Staff Scientist, Quantum Applications

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. We’re looking for a Staff Scientist in Quantum Applications who will be

- **Id**: 1597475
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ionq-senior-scientist-quantum-applications-2>
- **Role**: Science & Research
- **Role family**: Science & Research
- **Seniority**: staff
- **Work mode**: remote
- **Remote scope**: unspecified
- **Hiring geo confidence**: inferred
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-02-04T00:01:35Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-10-22
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-05T17:43:00Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 274
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 7643
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Equity, 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**: 81
- **Open postings**: 16
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.75
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 43
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 160000
- **Max**: 200000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 200000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **IonQ** — Optional: no
- **Machine Learning** — Optional: no
- **Python** — Optional: no
- **Qiskit** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: stale
- **Repost count**: 1
- **Flags**: stale
- **Days open**: 274

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 6
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: yes

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring excludes

- **United States** — Iso: US

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-10-01T18:18:29Z
- Event: close; At: 2026-10-12T21:25:54Z
- Event: reopen; At: 2026-10-22T22:54:21Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 8
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.271
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 274
- **Expected fill days**: 43
- **Reasons**: conf:3, stale_co, velocity, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-05T05:54:30Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 200000
- **Is top pay**: yes

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