Staff Automation Engineer - Internal Audit

About IonQ

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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.

The Process Engineer Internal Audit is the architect of the modern audit function. This role is not about performing audits it is about strong designing the systems that perform them. You will engineer automate and continuously optimize audit workflows by integrating Generative AI agentic orchestration and process engineering principles. Your goal is to move the department from point-in-time manual testing to a continuous assurance model that provides real-time risk insights.

Responsibilities

1. Audit Architecture Process Re-Engineering

Workflow Deconstruction Analyze and map complex end-to-end audit processes (Risk Assessment through Issue Remediations) to identify automation-first opportunities. Lean Audit Design Apply Lean/Six Sigma principles to eliminate waste in the audit lifecycle such as manual data entry redundant evidence requests and administrative overhead. Scalable Solutions Design standardized modular workflow patterns that can be reused across Financial IT and Operational audit domains.

2. AI Agent Orchestration Prompt Engineering

Intelligent Augmentation Build and deploy AI-assisted workflows using Vellum AI Copilot Studio and Claude 3.5/4 to automate Control Mapping Automatically mapping disparate business processes to COSO/NIST frameworks. Automated Walkthroughs Using AI to summarize meeting transcripts and draft narrative documentation. Anomaly Narrative Generation Converting complex data exceptions into plain-English audit findings for reports.
Library Management Develop and maintain a Prompt Registry and Agent Library to ensure consistency in how AI interacts with sensitive audit data.

3. Automation Ecosystem Integration

Agentic Workflows Design Agentic automations in Microsoft Power Automate or Make.com that can reason through exceptions route approvals and update GRC platforms (e.g. AuditBoard Workiva) without human intervention. Tool Mastery Advanced deployment of DataSnipper for automated document matching (e.g. matching 1,000s of Invoices to POs in seconds) and population integrity testing. Real-time Risk Dashboards Design and maintain Power BI or Tableau visualizations that provide a live Risk Heatmap based on automated testing results.

4. Governance Privacy Auditability

AI Governance Ensure all AI solutions are explainable and meet corporate Model Risk Management (MRM) and data privacy (GDPR/CCPA) standards. Validation Controls Embed Human-in-the-Loop checkpoints into every automated process to ensure AI-generated output is validated by a subject matter expert.

You’d be a good fit with

Education Experience

Education Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering Information Systems Data Science or Accounting with a heavy technical focus. Experience 5–8+ years in Audit Transformation Process Excellence or Business Systems Engineering.

Technical Stack (2026 Proficiencies)

AI Platforms Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration (Vellum LangChain or Copilot Studio). Automation Hubs Advanced proficiency in Power Automate Zapier/Make or n8n.

You’d be a great fit with

Industry Savvy Strong background in manufacturing or organizations engaged in;government contracting. Modern Audit Toolkit Hands-on experience with SQL Python DataSnipper strong or AI-based audit tools (e.g. Alteryx MindBridge or custom GPT agents). Data Proficiency in Data Governance Datawarehouse (Snowflake/DataBricks) AI technology is evolving everyday critical requirements for this role are passion for AI self learning willingness to experiment and implement solutions that are pushing the boundaries.

Location Remote US
Travel 10%
Job ID 1675

The approximate base salary range for this position is $111,692 - $145,649. The total compensation package includes base bonus and equity.

Compensation will vary based on individual factors such as education qualifications and experience of the final candidate(s) specific office location and calibration against relevant market data and internal team equity. Posted base salary figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. Our benefits include comprehensive medical dental and vision plans matching 401(k) unlimited PTO and paid holidays parental/adoption leave legal insurance and a home technology stipend. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided when a candidate receives an offer of employment.

At IonQ we believe in fair treatment access opportunity and advancement for all while striving to identify and eliminate barriers. We empower employees to thrive by fostering a culture of autonomy productivity and respect. We are dedicated to creating an environment where individuals can feel welcomed respected supported and valued.

We are committed to equity and justice. We welcome different voices and viewpoints and do not discriminate on the basis of race religion ancestry physical and/or mental disability medical condition genetic information marital status sex gender gender identity gender expression transgender status age sexual orientation military or veteran status or any other basis protected by law. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

US Technical Jobs. The position you are applying for will require access to technology that is subject to U.S. export control and government contract restrictions. Employment with IonQ is contingent on either verifying “U.S. Person” (e.g. U.S. citizen U.S. national U.S. permanent resident or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum) status for export controls and government contracts work obtaining any necessary license and/or confirming the availability of a license exception under U.S. export controls. Please note that in the absence of confirming you are a U.S. Person for export control and government contracts work purposes IonQ may choose not to apply for a license or decline to use a license exception (if available) for you to access export-controlled technology that may require authorization and similarly you may not qualify for government contracts work that requires U.S. Persons and IonQ may decline to proceed with your application on those bases alone. Accordingly we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.

US Non-Technical Jobs. Due to applicable export control laws and regulations candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national U.S. permanent resident (i.e. current Green Card holder) or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum. Accordingly we will have some additional questions regarding your immigration status that will be used for export control and compliance purposes and the answers will be reviewed by compliance personnel to ensure compliance with federal law.

If you are interested in being a part of our team and mission we encourage you to apply!