Senior Field Engineer - Quantum Security

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 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.

The Role

We are looking for a Quantum Security Field Engineer. As a Quantum Security Field Engineer, you'll be part of a team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world's best quantum security solutions and solve the world's most complex security problems. Field Engineering sits at the intersection of customers, markets, products and product teams, quantum security algorithms, applications, innovation and strategy - this is the team where quantum security ideas become applied and have impact.

Join a nimble team of scientists, engineers, salespeople, marketers, business developers, and product managers to drive an entirely new quantum computing security business. We're seeking versatile engineers and architects skilled in technical sales, technical demos and customer interactions who feel energized to deliver IonQ's quantum security products and applications.

Responsibilities

• Inspire prospective clients by explaining IonQ's strategy, portfolio and answering technical questions about our quantum security portfolio and related applications.
• Lead client discussions, inspiring them to see how quantum security applications can be implemented in their business domain. This includes working through business needs and mapping Quantum Security Algorithms (e.g. Shor's, Grover's, or Post-Quantum Cryptography implementations) into application code and executing Proof-of-Concepts together with the IonQ Application Engineering team.
• Share insights from clients with the IonQ Product Management and Engineering teams such that client feedback is incorporated into our quantum security products.
• Navigate competitive objection handling.
• Translate business needs expressed by our clients into technical proposals for quantum security solutions in collaboration with other team members.
• Create sales assets such as slides to explain features of our quantum security applications and other IonQ quantum products.
• Assist sales team with driving prospects down the sales funnel.
• Assist with developing a pipeline of opportunities for IonQ's quantum security solutions.
• Lead client workshops to inspire quantum security engagements and new quantum security use case ideas.