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Distinguished PQC Cryptography & Architecture Leader

ionq·Genevalead

In short

  • →Líder técnico principal en criptografía poscuántica para hardware seguro (HSM y appliances).
  • →Diseña arquitecturas de aceleración en FPGA con camino a ASIC, alineadas con estándares internacionales.
  • →Destacado rol de influencia técnica en una empresa líder en seguridad cuántica con operaciones globales.

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1. ¿Cómo diseñarías una arquitectura FPGA para acelerar algoritmos NIST PQC como Kyber o Dilithium?

2. ¿Qué consideraciones críticas hay al migrar un sistema HSM de criptografía clásica a poscuántica?

3. ¿Cómo garantizarías la compatibilidad con estándares ETSI y NIST durante el desarrollo de un producto cuántico seguro?

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  • ✓Experto en criptografía poscuántica (PQC) y estándares (NIST, ETSI).
  • ✓Experiencia comprobada en arquitectura de hardware acelerador (FPGA/ASIC).
  • ✓Liderazgo técnico en proyectos de seguridad con enfoque en HSM y redes.
  • ✓Conocimiento profundo de protocolos de comunicación cuántica y cifrado seguro.
  • ✓Capacidad para definir estrategias técnicas a largo plazo en entornos de alta seguridad.
  • ✓Experiencia previa en equipos de I+D en empresas de ciberseguridad o tecnología cuántica.

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Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQCFPGAASICHSMQuantum-Safe CommunicationsNIST PQC StandardizationETSI StandardsCryptographic ProtocolsHardware AccelerationNetwork Appliances

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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: 1891 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 Distinguished Leader to provide the overall technical leadership for our post-quantum cryptography (PQC) hardware acceleration programme, part of our quantum-safe product portfolio targeting hardware security module (HSM) and network-appliance applications. As the most senior technical authority of the programme, you will own the end-to-end architecture, from cryptographic algorithm and standards strategy to an FPGA-based product architecture with a clear path to ASIC, and you will set the technical direction across the cryptography, hardware

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