Entry Level Hardware Developer

Job Description

At IBM, we are committed to our clients' success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships. As an IBMer, you will have the opportunity to learn and develop your career, be encouraged to be courageous and experiment every day, all while receiving continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive regardless of their personal or professional background. Our IBMers are growth-minded, always staying curious, open to feedback, and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide ongoing feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues with a team-focused approach to include different perspectives and drive exceptional outcomes for our customers.

We are seeking entry-level hardware developers for two distinct roles:

VLSI Circuit Design / Physical Design / Integration Engineer

You will be responsible for the physical and electrical design and development of high-frequency CMOS chips in leading-edge technologies. Using sophisticated design tools and flows, you will implement circuit schematics (microprocessors and ASIC) and verify them against technology design rules.

• Skills required include CMOS circuit and VLSI design, timing analysis.
• Experience with Cadence tool suite is viewed as a significant advantage.
• Deliver the physical and electrical design of specific processor and ASIC design elements.
• Understanding of Computer Architectures, Digital System Design, and VLSI Systems.
• Projects in RTL design using Verilog/VHDL.
• Scripting skills (Python).
• Inter-discipline design experience.

Analog Circuit Design Engineer

You will be part of the team responsible for delivering our high-speed SERDES interfaces for IBM Power and Z microprocessors in advanced 3nm technologies and beyond. You will help transition the high-speed IO architecture from NMZ to PAM4 in support of future IBM microprocessors. You will use a combination of industry-standard and IBM proprietary tools to design, simulate, and layout your circuits. You will have the opportunity to work on transmitter, receiver, PLL, or other analog designs, and learn what it takes to develop and deliver complex analog circuits for IBM products.

• Perform schematic-level design using Cadence design tools.
• Perform in-depth circuit analysis using Spectre and SPICE simulators.
• Analyze the design for manufacturability and end-of-life requirements.
• Develop various scripts to parse data using languages like Python.
• Relevant Circuit Design course with applied experience in circuit design.
• Use of Cadence and Spice tools.
• Understanding of VHDL, Python, Perl, TCL.
• Git, Python hands-on experience.
• Internships or work experience in high-frequency processor or ASIC physical design.
• Exposure to industry microprocessor designs (x86, ARM, or RISC-V).
• Relevant Analog Circuit Design course.
• Understanding of Interface terminology such as NMZ, PAM4, CTLE, DFE, PLLs, RX, TX and how these work within a High-Speed interface.