Senior Manager, Cryptographic Engineering

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 is based onsite in Geneva, Switzerland. Travel: Job ID: 1893 ID Quantique (IDQ), part of IonQ, is a global leader in quantum-safe communications. We provide solutions to protect governments, telecommunication infrastructures, and banking & financial institutions from the “harvest-now, decrypt-later” threat, delivering both terrestrial and space-based quantum-safe networks in live operation globally. The Role: We are looking for a Senior Manager reporting to the Senior Manager, Hardware, to lead the people and the execution of our cryptographic engineering team. This team builds post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hardware acceleration for our quantum-safe product portfolio, targeting hardware security module (HSM) and network-appliance applications. This is a people-leadership and delivery role: you will manage and develop a team of 8+ highly specialised engineers, own programme execution, and partner closely with the programme’s senior technical leadership, who own the architecture and technical direction. It is an opportunity to lead exceptional people on a strategic security product line at one of the few companies where quantum-safe security is the core business. Responsibilities : You will manage engineers spanning applied cryptography, RTL and FPGA design, firmware and protocols, verification, QA and security certification: recruiting and onboarding, coaching and career development, objective setting, performance management and retention, building a high-performing and collaborative engineering culture. You will own execution of the programme: planning and milestones, dependency and risk management, resource allocation, budget ownership/management, and clear reporting to executive stakeholders. You will put in place the engineering processes the team runs on (development workflow, reviews, tooling, lab operations), remove blockers, and coordinate with talent acquisition, HR, product management, certification bodies, IP vendors and customers. You will work hand in hand with the programme’s senior technical leaders, giving them the room to own technical direction while you make the organisation around them work. Lead, recruit, develop and retain a team of highly specialised engineers across cryptography, hardware, software, verification, QA and security disciplines Own programme execution end to end: planning, risks, budget ownership/management, processes and executive reporting, in close partnership with the senior technical leadership Requirements: We are looking for a candidate with a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent) and at least ten years in the development of complex hardware, embedded or security products, including five or more years of direct people management of engineering teams that s