Full-Time
Staff Trade Compliance Officer
Posted on 9/24/2025
IonQ
1,001-5,000 employees
Develops trapped-ion quantum computers and software
Compensation Overview
$108.4k - $141.4k/yr
No H1B Sponsorship
Hyattsville, MD, USA
Hybrid
Hybrid, one day a week at the office.
US Citizenship Required
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- Bachelor’s degree in business, International Relations, Law, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5+ years of experience in trade compliance, with strong knowledge of ITAR and EAR.
- Familiarity with quantum computing and emerging technology export controls
- Experience with export classifications (USML, ECCN, HTS) for a range of products, including both off-the-shelf and custom-built items, and licensing processes (SNAP-R and DECCS)
- Experience with offshore production/manufacturing abroad
- Familiarity with compliance software/tools for screenings and documentation.
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with both peers, supervisor, program management teams and senior leadership.
- Ability to maintain sensitive and confidential information as required by government standards.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while meeting deadlines and responding to requests on short notice.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for trade laws, regulations, policies and procedures including but not limited to: ITAR, EAR, OFAC and Customs regulations.
- Determine export/import license requirements and submit license applications as needed for the Department of State, Department of Commerce, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and Office of Foreign Asset Controls
- Ensure compliance with approved U.S. export authorizations
- Review and assist in determining jurisdiction and classification of products, technology, and software for export control purposes
- Manage and maintain compliance records, reporting, and audit readiness.
- Develop, implement, and enforce policies and procedures
- Develop and administer trade compliance training
- Assist in internal audits and assessments to identify risks and recommend corrective actions.
- Partner with functional areas (People team, IT, Security, Contracts & Supply Chain) to ensure import/export transactions are properly screened, documented, and executed in compliance with regulations.
- Draft and manage Technology Control Plans for Foreign Person Employees
- Work with functional areas (People team, IT, Security, Contracts & Supply Chain to manage deemed exports (foreign visitors, foreign employees & contractors)
- Review and approve international travel requests
- Review documentation for export releasability
- Draft Commercial Invoices and prepare Customs documentation
- Conduct due diligence screening of customers, vendors and other third parties against restricted party lists.
- Act as a liaison with U.S. government agencies (DDTC, BIS, Customs,) as needed.
- Monitor regulatory updates and advise stakeholders on their impact to business operations.
- Familiarity with quantum computing and emerging technology export controls
IonQ builds quantum computers using trapped-ion qubits to tackle highly complex problems. The core product is a quantum computer that uses ions held in traps, with gates driven by lasers, and an optical network layer that links qubits for scalable performance. This setup offers high qubit quality, exact replication of qubits, and easy interconnection across a network, enabling a broad range of applications across industries through optimized quantum algorithms. Compared with competitors, IonQ emphasizes its trapped-ion platform for strong physical performance, precise qubit replication, and seamless optical networking, aiming to scale quantum machines while keeping high fidelity. The company’s goal is to provide the world’s best quantum computers to transform business, society, and the planet by solving problems that are currently intractable.”} ấnย
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
IPO
Headquarters
College Park, Maryland
Founded
2015
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Revenue surged 202% year over year, showing early commercial traction.
- Defense, logistics, and drug-discovery use cases broaden its near-term sales opportunities.
- SkyWater acquisition and Boulder R&D should strengthen chip control and manufacturing throughput.
What critics are saying
- IBM's $10 billion quantum push intensifies competition for customers, talent, and capital.
- IonQ remains unprofitable, so slower revenue conversion will force dilution or spending cuts.
- The 80,000-logical-qubit roadmap faces major physics, yield, and error-correction execution risk.
What makes IonQ unique
- IonQ uses trapped-ion qubits with all-to-all connectivity and high gate fidelity.
- Its cloud access through AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud reduces buyer friction.
- IonQ targets 2 million physical qubits and 80,000 logical qubits by 2030.
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Biweekly catered lunches
Parental leave
Health, vision, & dental insurance
Flexible time off
401(k) with 5% match
University facilities
Commuter benefits
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6 month growth
↓ -15%1 year growth
↓ -17%2 year growth
↓ -17%Governor Bob Ferguson has directed $500,000 from Washington's Economic Development Strategic Reserve Fund to support IonQ's expansion in Bothell. The quantum computing manufacturer, whose largest shareholders include Vanguard, BlackRock and Morgan Stanley Investment Management, will use the funding for building upgrades, workforce expenses and expansion costs. The state funding is matched by over $14 million in private investment. IonQ opened the nation's first dedicated quantum computing manufacturing facility in Bothell in 2024, which has since expanded into a 100,000-square-foot hub. The expansion is expected to create between 1,200 and 2,000 jobs over five years. IonQ develops quantum computing systems for complex problems in healthcare, energy and cybersecurity. The Strategic Reserve Fund uses unclaimed lottery prize money for economic development projects.
Quantum computing stocks are attracting strong analyst interest as the sector grows rapidly. Precedence Research values the quantum computing market at $1.44 billion in 2024, projecting it will reach $19.44 billion by 2035, representing a 29.7% CAGR. IonQ, using trapped ion technology, raised analyst attention after posting $61.9 million in 4Q25 revenues, up 429% year-over-year. Jefferies rates it a Buy with a $90 target, implying 213% upside. D-Wave Quantum's dual-platform approach combining annealing and gate-model systems has earned a unanimous Strong Buy rating from analysts, with a $38.18 average target suggesting 168% gains. Infleqtion, the sector's newcomer using neutral atom technology, went public in February through a SPAC transaction that raised $550 million. BTIG rates it a Buy with a $22 target, representing 75% potential upside.
Horizon Quantum Holdings has entered a strategic agreement with IonQ to purchase one of IonQ's first 6th-generation, chip-based 256-qubit trapped-ion systems. The acquisition will expand Horizon Quantum's hardware testbed beyond its initial superconducting system, making it among the few global efforts operating commercial systems of multiple modalities. IonQ's 256-qubit system features 99.99% gate fidelity, all-to-all connectivity and parallel operations, designed to provide significantly more computing capacity for complex problems. Horizon Quantum plans to integrate the trapped-ion technology with its Triple Alpha software platform, enabling advanced functionality including general control flow, dynamic memory allocation and concurrent classical/quantum function evaluation. The partnership aims to create a hardware-agnostic environment for quantum software development, providing developers with a direct path to broad quantum advantage.
Horizon Quantum and IonQ enter into strategic agreement to unlock quantum potential. Horizon Quantum and IonQ announced a strategic agreement. Horizon Quantum will purchase one of IonQ's first 6th-generation, chip-based 256-qubit trapped-ion systems, in furtherance of Horizon Quantum's mission to unlock the full potential of quantum computing with its software platform. Estimated time April 9, 2026 This photo depicts a current trapped ion system from IonQ. The system to be delivered to Horizon will be IonQ's next-generation 256-qubit technology.
IonQ has appointed William F. Scannell as a Class II director, with a term running until the 2026 Annual Meeting and a seat on the Compensation Committee. The appointment comes as the quantum computing company reports strong year-over-year revenue growth and pursues vertical integration of its quantum hardware platform. The board expansion follows IonQ's announcement of a $1.8 billion acquisition of SkyWater Technology, aimed at creating a vertically integrated quantum hardware stack. The deal supports IonQ's roadmap towards 256-qubit chip-based systems, though it also raises concerns about acquisition costs and integration complexity. IonQ's narrative projects $388.6 million in revenue by 2028, requiring 69.5% annual revenue growth. However, the company faces ongoing challenges including cash burn, acquisition spending and widening adjusted EBITDA losses as it works to scale its trapped ion quantum computing technology.