Hardware Developer Intern 2027 -Austin, TX

About the role

As a 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, 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop, test, and provide customer support for hardware, firmware, and semiconductors that make up IBM’s industry-leading products
• Participate in logic (RTL) design and verification, physical design, and analog/IO design
• Perform electronic design automation, signal integrity, power integrity, and analysis
• Conduct microelectronics packaging, materials analysis and characterization, and mechanical design, modeling and technology integration
• Design circuits, printed circuit boards, and thermal systems; perform voltage regulation and power delivery
• Execute performance modeling, processor and system test and validation, and system characterization
• Provide customer and field engineering support
• Develop and test firmware; perform failure analysis
• Drive product quality, assurance, specification, and analytics

Requirements

• At least three months of computer or electrical engineering experience designing or manufacturing hardware products
• Basic knowledge of computer hardware and architecture (FPGAs, RISC-V, ARM, MIPS)
• Proficiency in programming languages (C/C++/C#, Python, or Java)
• Familiarity with hardware description languages (VHDL/Verilog) and circuit simulation tools (SPICE)

Qualifications

• 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
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Passion for technology and engineering
• Growth-minded, trusted, team-focused, courageous, resourceful, and outcome-focused

Skills

• Microprocessor/ASIC Design: 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: C/C++ or another object-oriented language, Git, Linux, GDB or another debugger, Agile practices
• Scripting: 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