Staff Quality Assurance Engineer

The role

You will own product-level quality assurance for post-quantum cryptography hardware acceleration. This includes defining and executing system-level test plans, building automated QA infrastructure, and executing compliance test campaigns.

What you will do

• Own system-level QA of cryptographic hardware products
• Define and execute system-level test plans for FPGA-based cryptographic products
• Build and maintain automated QA infrastructure
• Execute standards-based compliance test campaigns
• Run interoperability testing against protocol stacks and customer-representative configurations
• Own defect tracking and triage
• Define release-qualification criteria for every product release

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• At least five years in quality assurance or system test of embedded, hardware or networking products
• Built test automation in Python or similar
• Integrated automation into CI
• Worked hands-on with lab equipment and hardware-in-the-loop setups
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Exposure to security or compliance testing (FIPS, Common Criteria, or telecom/industrial certification regimes)
• Experience testing cryptographic or networking functionality
• French or German

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

• Position requires access to technology subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions
• Employment is contingent on verifying U.S. Person status, obtaining necessary licenses, or confirming license exceptions

About the company

IonQ, Inc. is the world’s leading quantum platform and merchant supplier delivering integrated quantum solutions. Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, the company has operations globally.