We’re building the world’s best quantum computers to solve the world’s hardest problems
We believe useful quantum computers will look as different from the laptops and smartphones we use every day as classical computers appear next to an abacus. And we believe the best way to build a quantum computer is by starting with nature’s qubit: the atom. Accurate, powerful, and flexible, ionized atoms are the heart of our quantum systems.
After decades of research, IonQ was founded in 2015 by Chris Monroe and Jungsang Kim with $2 million in seed funding from New Enterprise Associates, a license to core technology from the University of Maryland and Duke University, and the goal of taking trapped ion quantum computing out of the lab and into the market. The next year, we raised an additional $20 million from GV, Amazon Web Services, and NEA, and built two of the world’s most accurate quantum computers.
In 2019, we partnered with Microsoft and Amazon Web Services to make our quantum computers available via the cloud.
- Headquartered
- College Park, MD
- Founded
- 2015
- Employees
- 43
- Computers
- 3
Our Team
Jonny Ai
FPGA Engineer
Jason Amini
Sr. Physicist
Joel Apisdorf
Principal Engineer
Kristi Beck
Sr. Physicist
Aleksey Blinov
Software Engineer
Mohua Bose
People Operations
Vandiver Chaplin
HPC Engineer
Peter Chapman
President & CEO
Jwo-Sy Chen
Sr. Physicist
Coleman Collins
Product Designer
Shantanu Debnath
Sr. Physicist
Chunyang Ding
Associate Physicist
Mahsa Dornajafi
VP Finance & Operations
Andrew Ducore
Software Engineer
Stephan Enzone
Senior RF Engineer
Mike Goldman
Senior Physicist
Yanling Gong
Accounting Manager
Niko Grzesiak
Associate Physicist
Kai Hudek
Sr. Physicist
Mel Jameson
Software Engineer
Matthew Keesan
VP Product Development
Jungsang Kim
Co-Founder & CSO
Sarah Kreikemeier
Mechanical Engineer
Kevin Landsman
Senior Physicist
Ming Li
Senior Theoretical Physicist
Shea Metzgar
Electrical Engineer
Jonathan Mizrahi
Director of Hardware
Chris Monroe
Co-Founder & Chief Scientist
Yunseong Nam
Quantum Theory Lead
Jason Nguyen
Senior Physicist
Sovanna Oeun
Executive Assistant
Neal Pisenti
Sr. Physicist
Brandon Pleasant
Electronics Technician
Justin Scott
Electrical Engineer
Nadir Shah
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Omar Shehab
Computer Scientist
Phil Solomon
Electrical Engineer
Walker Steere
Associate Physicist
Carl Thomas
Associate Physicist
Felix Tripier
Software Engineer
Mike Williams
Director of Control Systems
Kenneth Wright
Sr. Physicist
Daniel Zambrano
Sr. Physicist
Board & Advisors
Ron Bernal
Venture Partner, NEA
Blake Byers
General Partner, GV
John Preskill
Professor of Physics at Caltech
Andrew Schoen
Principal, NEA
Jagdeep Singh
CEO at QuantumScape
Investors
Help shape the future of computing
We’re growing a passionate, diverse team of collaborative, creative people. We believe in pursuing innovative, challenging work with integrity, alongside team members we can learn from and grow with. Intrigued, but unsure if you're a fit? We encourage you to apply, as we need a range of experiences on the team.
We work in College Park, down the street from the University of Maryland and just a few minutes from Washington, DC.
Here are some of our benefits:
- Biweekly catered lunches
- They’re not laser cooked, but they’re delicious.
- Parental leave
- 100% paid maternity and bonding leave for eligible employees.
- Health
- Health, vision, dental insurance, and an HSA for you and your family.
- Flexible time off
- We believe in achieving our goals and then taking the vacation we need.
- Retirement
- Save in our 401(k) and we'll match up to 5% (vesting over five years).
- University facilities
- Access to UMD library, gym, and more.
- Commuter benefits
- Spend pre-tax dollars on public transportation or your bicycle (we provide secure, covered storage).