Principal Photonic Device Design Engineer is open at IonQ in Santa Barbara, California, United States. The posting gives a salary of $212K - $275K. Posted on Sep 22, 2026, and still on IonQ’s careers page when we last checked, on Nov 14, 2026.
About the role
We are seeking a Principal Photonic Device Design Engineer to join our integrated photonics team. In this role, you will serve as a technical leader for the design and development of semiconductor lasers and other active photonic devices for heterogeneous integrated platforms supporting scalable quantum and classical systems. You will define device architecture and technology roadmaps, lead designs from concept…
The opening lines of the posting. The rest is on IonQ’s careers page.
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