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Staff Process Engineer, Packaging

IonQ · College Park, Maryland, United States

Posted about 2 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
73 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

The Staff Process Engineer, Packaging at IonQ will primarily work in the cleanroom, spending 70-80% of their time operating, programming, troubleshooting, and improving equipment used for building quantum processing units (QPUs). The role involves collaborating with technicians and engineers to solve equipment problems, create and maintain process recipes, train operators, and enhance packaging processes to improve yield and efficiency.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
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

  • A bachelor's degree in an engineering or physical sciences discipline
  • 1-2 years professional experience operating complex automated equipment in a production, development, or laboratory environment
  • Experience diagnosing equipment or process problems and implementing fixes
  • Preference for hands-on work with physical hardware
  • Ability to learn unfamiliar equipment and processes quickly
  • Clear communication skills and ability to train operators

Nice to have

  • Hands-on experience programming or troubleshooting wire bonders, die bonders, and/or optical packaging equipment
  • Experience in microelectronics, optoelectronics, photonics, RF/microwave hardware, MEMS, aerospace electronics, medical devices, or another precision hardware field
  • Experience with packaging processes such as solder reflow, epoxy dispense, plasma cleaning, optical inspection, profilometry/interferometry, electrical test, or UHV-compatible assembly
  • Experience selecting equipment, working directly with vendors, installing and qualifying tools, and releasing recipes for production use
  • Experience training and qualifying operators and improving a process under schedule pressure

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

  • Minimal travel required (<10%)
  • The role requires extensive time in a cleanroom environment, which may not suit everyone
  • The position may be leveled based on experience, indicating variability in responsibilities and expectations
  • Compensation is based on individual factors and may change with market data, so clarity on final salary may be needed

Summarised from IonQ's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by IonQ on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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