Hardware Developer Co-op: 2025

Introduction
As a Hardware Developer at IBM you’ll get to work on the systems that are driving the quantum revolution and the AI era. Join our team of creators – the people who help move IBM forward by using their imagination to envision solutions curiosity to experiment with new ideas and put their ever-growing skills into action for customers to make better decisions with greater speed on the most trusted hardware platform in today’s market.

Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM has openings for Hardware Development Engineer co-ops to develop test and provide customer support for hardware firmware and semiconductors that make up our industry leading IBM Systems products. We are an elite team of engineering professionals that pioneer innovations for the cutting-edge microprocessors and hardware used in IBM infrastructure including IBM zSystems IBM Power Systems IBM Storage and IBM Quantum Systems. Development engineers participate in various aspects of the development test and support process such as but not limited to:

• Physical design and layout
• Electronic design automation
• Signal integrity power integrity and analysis
• Microelectronics packaging
• Materials analysis and characterization
• Mechanical design and technology integration
• Printed circuit board physical design and layout
• Thermal design and testing
• Voltage regulation and power delivery
• Performance modeling
• Processor and system test and validation
• Processor component and system characterization
• Customer and field engineering support
• Firmware architecture development and test
• Failure analysis

Ideal candidates will possess demonstrated design test and communication skills. Interdisciplinary and other team-based experience in hardware design including but not limited to high level design roadmaps outlining requirements verification analysis and testing is a plus. Candidates with at least three to six months of team-based work experience with hardware products basic knowledge or experience with programming languages such as Python Javascript or C++ are preferred but these are not required.

Candidates chosen to become a part of our world class development teams will help advance IBM’s leadership to develop the highest performing computers and game changing hardware solutions.
Come THINK with us!

This position has openings in multiple cities including:

• Houston TX
• Tucson AZ

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Fundamental education in hardware or test
• Strong communication skills
• Passion to pursue career path in engineering
• Growth minded trusted team focused courageous resourceful and outcome focused

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
Pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in: Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science Mechanical Engineering Materials Science Chemical Engineering Physics Optics Engineering Biomedical Engineering or related majors.