Entry Level Hardware Developer 2026

Your Role And Responsibilities

Join our team of creators - the people who help move IBM forward by using their imagination to envision solutions, their curiosity to experiment with new ideas, and their ever-growing skills into action for customers to make better decisions with greater speed on the most trusted platforms in today’s market.

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.

• Develop, test, and provide customer support for hardware, firmware, and semiconductors that make up our industry-leading IBM products.
• Participate in various aspects of the development, test, and support process, such as logic (RTL) design and verification, physical design, and analog/IO design.
• Electronic design automation, signal integrity, power integrity, and analysis.
• Circuit design / electrical design, 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, product quality, assurance, specification and analytics.

Technical And Professional Expertise

• Prior (project or internship) experience in computer hardware or testing.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Passion for technology and engineering.
• Growth minded, trusted, team focused, courageous, resourceful, and outcome focused.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Proficiency in one or more of the following technology areas:
• Microprocessor/ASIC Design Skills: VHDL, Verilog, RTL, SPICE, TCL, UVM, verification, and testing.
• Computer Architecture coursework: VLSI Design, Microprocessors, Computer Architecture and Organization, Signal Integrity (Electromagnetics, RF, etc).
• Programming Skills: C/C++ or another object-oriented language, Git, Linux, GDB or another debugger, Agile practices.
• Scripting Skills: Python, APDL, TCL, Bash, Perl, or Java.
• Proficiency in CAD tools and 3D modeling.
• Familiarity with various hardware architectures: VLSI, FPGA, MIPS, RISC-V, Arm, x86, Arduino, Quantum systems.