At IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability. Our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.
As a Hardware Developer: Generalist, you will develop IBM hardware and technology products, including server systems, storage systems, and networking systems, using design documentation such as Functional Specifications and high-level design documents. You will work on delivering quality systems to meet market needs and establish relations across IBM and with external suppliers/vendors. Your primary responsibilities will include: • Develop Hardware Designs: Develop designs across the disciplines of mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineering, ensuring that components are unit tested and ready to be integrated into the system product. • Test and Validate: Test the functional and RAS (reliability, availability, and serviceability) aspects of the implementation to ensure quality systems. • Provide Fixes: Provide fixes to defects identified by the verification team during the development life cycle. • Support Customer Environments: Support customer environments in providing end-to-end solutions and resolution of issues. • Collaborate with Suppliers: Establish relations with external suppliers/vendors to deliver quality systems.
• Design Development Experience: Experience with developing designs across multiple disciplines, including mechanical, electrical, and firmware engineering, utilizing design documentation such as Functional Specifications and high-level design documents. • Testing and Validation Expertise: Experience in testing and validating the functional and RAS aspects of hardware implementations to ensure quality systems. • Defect Resolution Skills: Experience with identifying and providing fixes to defects during the development life cycle. • System Integration Knowledge: Experience with integrating components into system products, ensuring they are unit tested and ready for integration. • Supplier Collaboration Experience: Experience establishing relations with external suppliers/vendors to deliver quality systems.
• Mechanical Engineering Knowledge: Experience with mechanical engineering principles and practices is beneficial for designing and developing hardware systems. Understanding mechanical components and their integration into system products can aid in delivering quality systems. • Electrical Engineering Principles: Familiarity with electrical engineering concepts and practices can be advantageous in developing hardware designs across multiple disciplines. Knowledge of electrical components and their interactions can help ensure quality systems. • Firmware Development Exposure: Exposure to firmware development and its integration with mechanical and electrical components can be valuable in developing comprehensive hardware systems. Understanding firmware principles can aid in testing and validating hardware implementations.
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