This internship is for summer 2026
Roles & Responsibilities:
IBM has openings for Hardware Development Engineer interns 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.
