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Senior NPI Manufacturing Engineer - Control Electronics

Ionq

Bothell, Washington, US$132k – $173konsite

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About this role

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 including Amazon Web Services, and AstraZeneca 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 .

Headquartered in College Park, Maryland, IonQ has operations in California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Tennessee, Washington, Italy, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Our quantum computing services are available through all major cloud providers, while we also meet the needs of networking and sensing customers across land, sea, air, and space. IonQ is making quantum platforms more accessible and impactful than ever before.

Location: This role will work onsite at our office located in Bothell, WA. Travel: Up to 15%, domestic. Job ID: 1723

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior NPI Manufacturing Engineer — Control Electronics to join our Manufacturing Engineering. As a Senior NPI Manufacturing Engineer, you’ll be part of a cross-functional team whose mission is to lead IonQ on its journey to build the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s most complex problems.

In this role, you will own the new product introduction and DFMA process for IonQ’s control electronics subsystem. You will bridge early prototype build activity at IonQ’s College Park, MD facility to production-ready processes at the Bothell manufacturing facility, and you will lead the standup of IonQ’s controls rack integration capability in Seattle. The ideal candidate is someone with a strong electrical engineering foundation who can embed themselves early in design cycles, engage deeply with PCBA and box build designs for manufacturability, and drive rigorous NPI execution from prototype through production handoff.

Responsibilities :

• Embed early in design reviews for PCBA and box-level control electronics assemblies, and drive incorporation of DFMAT feedback into designs by collaborating cross-functionally with electrical and mechanical engineers on schematics, layout constraints, stackup, component selection, and packaging.

• Review and redline PCBA designs with an EE lens — signal integrity, thermal management, layer stackup, via rules, component spacing, and manufacturability at target volumes.

• Assess box-level enclosure and chassis designs for assembly access, harness routing, connector placement, labeling, and rack integration compatibility

• Maintain DFM feedback documentation and track incorporation through design revision cycles per box build.

• Drive completeness of Technical Data Packages for all control electronics box builds: BOM release status, assembly drawings, wiring diagrams, schematics, test procedures, and work instructions prior to NPI and production gates.

• Collaborate with design engineering to ensure design releases are complete and structured correctly for manufacturing and supply chain execution.

• Author and peer review assembly instructions and manufacturing SOPs to a standard executable by technicians without engineering support.

• Lead the cross-site NPI transition for control electronics box builds from alpha/beta prototyping to production, including first article builds, process qualification, and production readiness verification.

• Travel across sites to participate in early prototype box build assemblies; capture build observations, redlines, and process learnings to inform production process development.

• Coordinate with Planning, SCM, and Production Support Engineering to ensure demand, material, and capacity are aligned at NPI gate transitions.

• Work hands-on with technicians and engineers during builds, with emphasis on PCBA assembly, box build integration, and electromechanical hardware.

• Lead process development for fully populated controls rack integration; develop process flows, assembly sequences, quality checkpoints, and work instructions for rack-level builds.

• Partner with electrical and systems engineers to define rack integration requirements, inter-chassis cabling standards, harness routing, and system-level interface verification.

• Apply electromechanical assembly expertise to the physical integration of control boxes, power distribution, chassis mounting, and cable management within racks.

• Provide feedback on testability gaps relative to manufacturing process risk; suggest incremental improvements to existing diagnostic tooling where appropriate.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional experience in manufacturing engineering or NPI engineering, with a primary focus on electronics hardware (PCBA and box builds) in a low-volume, high-mix development environment.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a closely related field.

• Experience in technical writing developing comprehensive assembly instructions and other manufacturing documentation for production use.

• Hands-on experience reviewing PCBA designs for manufacturability: comfortable reading schematics, reviewing layouts, and providing specific DFM feedback to EE designers.

• Direct experience with PCBA manufacturing processes: SMT, reflow, wave solder, hand solder, and relevant quality standards (IPC-A-610, J-STD-001).

• Electromechanical assembly experience: box builds, chassis integration, cable harnessing, and connector installation.

• Experience driving Technical Data Package completeness for electronics assemblies: BOM structure, assembly drawings, wiring diagrams, and work instructions from prototype through production relea

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