Staff Automation Engineer - Internal Audit

The role

The Process Engineer, Internal Audit will design systems to automate and optimize audit workflows. You will integrate Generative AI, agentic orchestration, and process engineering to move the department to a continuous assurance model.

What you will do

• Analyze and map complex end-to-end audit processes to identify automation opportunities
• Apply Lean/Six Sigma principles to eliminate waste in the audit lifecycle
• Design standardized, modular workflow patterns for Financial, IT, and Operational audit domains
• Build and deploy AI-assisted workflows using Vellum AI, Copilot Studio, and Claude 3.5/4
• Develop and maintain a Prompt Registry and Agent Library
• Design Agentic automations in Microsoft Power Automate or Make.com
• Deploy DataSnipper for automated document matching and population integrity testing
• Design and maintain Power BI or Tableau visualizations for real-time Risk Heatmaps
• Ensure AI solutions meet corporate Model Risk Management and data privacy standards
• Embed Human-in-the-Loop checkpoints into automated processes

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Information Systems, Data Science, or Accounting with a heavy technical focus
• 5–8+ years in Audit Transformation, Process Excellence, or Business Systems Engineering
• Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration (Vellum, LangChain, or Copilot Studio)
• Advanced proficiency in Power Automate, Zapier/Make, or n8n
• Passion for AI, self learning, willingness to experiment and implement solutions

Nice to have

• Strong background in manufacturing or organizations engaged in government contracting
• Hands-on experience with SQL, Python, DataSnipper or AI-based audit tools (e.g., Alteryx, MindBridge, or custom GPT agents)
• Proficiency in Data Governance, Datawarehouse (Snowflake/DataBricks)

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Matching 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO
• Paid holidays
• Parental/adoption leave
• Legal insurance
• Home technology stipend

Before you apply

• Employment is contingent on verifying U.S. Person status for export controls and government contracts work
• May require obtaining a license or confirming a license exception under U.S. export controls

About the company

IonQ, Inc. is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier, delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security.