# Photonic Layout Engineer at IonQ

- Company: IonQ
- What the company does: IonQ delivers trapped ion quantum computing systems, cloud access, and enterprise solutions for real-world quantum applications. Backed by NEA, SoftBank VF and GV.
- Company website: https://ionq.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: College Park, Maryland, United States; Oxford, England, United Kingdom
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-25
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/ionq/jobs/6161104004
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/ionq-photonic-layout-engineer/

## About the role

We are looking for a Photonic Layout Engineer to join our QPU Design team at Oxford Ionics/IonQ. In this role, you will be responsible for the layout of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) that form a central part of our Quantum Processor Units (QPUs), the novel technology that sit at the heart of our quantum computers and contributes to the team’s mission of advancing the design of these high-performance chip.

## What they're looking for

- Collaborating with scientists to discuss their requirements
- Interfacing with photonic designers, test engineers, packaging engineers and fabrication engineers to define design rules and shape component design
- Layout verification through DRC and LVS
- Contributing to custom layout Process Design Kits (PDKs) that are specific to IonQ and the foundry
- Documenting the layout process and the final tape-out mask files

Tags: Compute - Engineering