Senior Manager, Cryptographic Engineering

The role

You will lead and manage a team of 8+ specialized engineers building post-quantum cryptography hardware acceleration. You will own program execution, including planning, budget, and resource management, while partnering with technical leadership.

What you will do

• Lead, recruit, develop and retain a team of highly specialised engineers
• Own programme execution end to end including planning, risks, budget and processes
• Manage engineers spanning applied cryptography, RTL and FPGA design, firmware and protocols, verification, QA and security certification
• Handle recruiting, onboarding, coaching, career development, and performance management
• Manage budget ownership and resource allocation
• Provide clear reporting to executive stakeholders
• Implement engineering processes including development workflow, reviews, tooling, and lab operations
• Remove blockers and coordinate with talent acquisition, HR, product management, certification bodies, IP vendors and customers

Required qualifications

• Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent)
• At least ten years in the development of complex hardware, embedded or security products
• Five or more years of direct people management of engineering teams that shipped certified products
• Technical depth in digital hardware, embedded software or security engineering
• Proven engineering people manager who has built and led specialist teams to shipped hardware or security products
• Execution owner with the technical credibility to lead deep experts
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• Exposure to cryptography or security products
• French or German

Benefits

• Competitive compensation scheme
• Benefits package
• Equity plan
• Flexible work models
• Ongoing training and development
• Career development plan within the IonQ group’s companies
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• Matching 401(k)
• Unlimited PTO and 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, obtaining necessary licenses, or confirming license exceptions

About the company

IonQ, Inc. is a quantum platform and merchant supplier delivering integrated quantum solutions across computing, networking, sensing, and security. ID Quantique (IDQ), part of IonQ, is a global leader in quantum-safe communications.