Senior Staff Electrical Engineer
IonQ · Louisville, Colorado, United States; San Francisco, California, United States
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 81 days IonQ's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 11% of IonQ's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at IonQ
- high 104 stale, 2 reposted of 104 open
- Hiring momentum
- 159 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from IonQ's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for IonQ.
About this role
As a Senior Staff Electrical Hardware Design Engineer at IonQ's Capella division, you will oversee the entire lifecycle of electrical designs for spaceflight hardware, collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure high-reliability electronics are ready for orbit. Your responsibilities include developing analog and digital designs, leading design reviews, and mentoring junior engineers, while also engaging with external vendors to ensure quality and timely delivery of components.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of IonQ as an employer.
What you need
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering or related field
- 10+ years of experience designing and debugging PCBAs
- Proficiency in Altium Designer (or similar ECAD tools)
- Hands-on experience with lab instruments (oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, power analyzers, etc.)
- Solid understanding of digital buses (I2C, SPI, UART, RS422, CAN, USB, PCIe, Ethernet etc.)
- Familiarity with board bring-up, test planning, and design verification workflows
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering or related field
- Experience designing for harsh environments (thermal, vacuum, vibration, radiation)
- Familiarity with high-speed design or impedance-controlled layouts
- Basic scripting or automation in Python or C for hardware test workflows
- Exposure to radiation effects and mitigation in electronic design
What you get
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Matching 401(k)
- Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
- Parental/adoption leave
- Legal insurance
- Home technology stipend
Worth weighing
- Travel requirement of up to 10%
- Role involves significant collaboration across various engineering disciplines
- No prior space experience required, which may appeal to a broader range of candidates
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Listed by IonQ on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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