Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer - Hardware Test

Location: This role will work onsite at our office located in Bothell, WA.
Travel: Up to 10%
Job ID: 1438

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer to own the reliability, scalability, and deployment of our electronic hardware test automation platform. This platform is critical for executing full-system, subsystem, and component-level automated electronic hardware tests across our global engineering sites and contract manufacturer (CM) locations.

As the primary infrastructure expert on an internal-tooling software development team you will act as the liaison to IonQ's core Infrastructure team. You will be helping to develop and deploy the minimal, secure, and maintainable infrastructure necessary to execute our test automation software on everything from rack-mounted servers to lightweight, single-purpose devices across our manufacturing verification processes. As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to work mostly independently, leading moderately scoped projects and acting as a subject-matter resource for the test organization.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain the CI/CD pipelines for deploying our test automation software to a distributed fleet of testbeds.
• Develop and manage infrastructure for testbed provisioning, remote management, and monitoring.
• Contribute to testbed design and hardware selection decisions to better support team objectives.
• Implement and enforce best practices for security, compliance, and observability across the test platform.
• Serve as the point of contact and subject-matter expert for infrastructure, collaborating with the broader organization's SRE and DevOps teams to ensure alignment on tools and practices.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to define infrastructure requirements and deliver robust, scalable solutions.
• Solve complex and non-routine infrastructure problems, evaluating alternatives and considering tradeoffs between cost, quality, and speed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Solid understanding of networking, security best practices, and system administration in a Linux environment.
• Strong programming experience with at least one modern language such as Python or Go.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible and provisioning tools like iPXE.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing infrastructure for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing or electronics test labs.
• Experience with deploying and managing software at remote or third-party sites (e.g., contract manufacturers).
• Solid cloud development/deployment experience (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with cross-platform deployment automation (Linux, Windows).
• Experience with bare-metal provisioning for remote/headless systems using technologies like PXE, Kickstart, or Preseed.
• Experience with monitoring and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Familiarity with regulations that may be applicable to the teams' responsibilities (e.g. ISO 9001, ITAR).
• Knowledge of protocols and services used in distributed systems, such as gRPC, MQTT, or other message brokers.

Compensation & Benefits:

The approximate base salary range for this position is $151,756 - $198,688. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site.

Location: This role will work onsite at our office located in Bothell, WA.
Travel: Up to 10%
Job ID: 1438

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer to own the reliability, scalability, and deployment of our electronic hardware test automation platform. This platform is critical for executing full-system, subsystem, and component-level automated electronic hardware tests across our global engineering sites and contract manufacturer (CM) locations.

As the primary infrastructure expert on an internal-tooling software development team you will act as the liaison to IonQ's core Infrastructure team. You will be helping to develop and deploy the minimal, secure, and maintainable infrastructure necessary to execute our test automation software on everything from rack-mounted servers to lightweight, single-purpose devices across our manufacturing verification processes. As a senior member of the team, you will be expected to work mostly independently, leading moderately scoped projects and acting as a subject-matter resource for the test organization.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain the CI/CD pipelines for deploying our test automation software to a distributed fleet of testbeds.
• Develop and manage infrastructure for testbed provisioning, remote management, and monitoring.
• Contribute to testbed design and hardware selection decisions to better support team objectives.
• Implement and enforce best practices for security, compliance, and observability across the test platform.
• Serve as the point of contact and subject-matter expert for infrastructure, collaborating with the broader organization's SRE and DevOps teams to ensure alignment on tools and practices.
• Collaborate with hardware and software engineers to define infrastructure requirements and deliver robust, scalable solutions.
• Solve complex and non-routine infrastructure problems, evaluating alternatives and considering tradeoffs between cost, quality, and speed.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering role.
• Solid understanding of networking, security best practices, and system administration in a Linux environment.
• Strong programming experience with at least one modern language such as Python or Go.
• Familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proven experience designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g., using GitLab CI, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (IaC) tools like Terraform or Ansible and provisioning tools like iPXE.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience managing infrastructure for hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing or electronics test labs.
• Experience with deploying and managing software at remote or third-party sites (e.g., contract manufacturers).
• Solid cloud development/deployment experience (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with cross-platform deployment automation (Linux, Windows).
• Experience with bare-metal provisioning for remote/headless systems using technologies like PXE, Kickstart, or Preseed.
• Experience with monitoring and observability stacks (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Familiarity with regulations that may be applicable to the teams' responsibilities (e.g. ISO 9001, ITAR).
• Knowledge of protocols and services used in distributed systems, such as gRPC, MQTT, or other message brokers.

Compensation & Benefits:

The approximate base salary range for this position is $151,756 - $198,688. The total compensation package includes base, bonus, equity, and a range of benefit options found on our career site.