Principal Engineer - Classical Cryptography & Architecture

ionq·Geneva

In short

→Arquitecto principal de criptografía clásica para soluciones post-cuánticas en hardware de seguridad.
→Day-to-day: diseñar y liderar la arquitectura criptográfica híbrida, gestionar migraciones y garantizar compatibilidad con PQC en HSM y dispositivos de red.
→Destacado: trabajar con ID Quantique, líder global en comunicación cuántica segura, en sistemas operativos en todo el mundo.

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1. ¿Cómo diseñarías una transición segura desde criptografía clásica a híbrida en un HSM real?

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✓Experiencia demostrable en arquitectura de criptografía clásica y híbrida.
✓Conocimiento profundo de estándares de criptografía (NIST PQC, TLS, PKI).
✓Experiencia con implementaciones en hardware de seguridad (HSM, ASIC).
✓Capacidad para liderar técnicamente y colaborar con equipos de PQC.
✓Experiencia con sistemas criptográficos en entornos críticos (finanzas, gobierno, telecomunicaciones).
✓Habilidades de comunicación y colaboración en equipos multidisciplinarios.

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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: 1892 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 Principal Engineer to own the classical cryptography architecture of our post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hardware acceleration products, targeting hardware security module (HSM) and network-appliance applications. Real-world quantum-safe systems are hybrid systems: classical and post-quantum algorithms operating side by side, with careful key management, crypto agility and migration paths. You will be the senior authority for this classical and hybrid layer, working alongside our PQC architecture leadership. The role demands fluency on both s

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