Introduction

As a Hardware Developer at IBM, you'll get to work on the systems that are driving the quantum revolution and the AI era. Join an elite team of engineering professionals who enable IBM customers to make better decisions quicker on the most trusted hardware platform in today's market.

Your Role and Responsibilities

We are part of a world-class product development organization that pioneers industry leading hardware designs for IBM POWER Systems servers as well as Storage, Quantum, and IBM Research. Within this organization, the India System design team is seeking a professional with experience in package design having skills in system design, package technology, board routing, and PCB development to join industry leading engineers in pioneering the future of high performance and high reliability packaging and server solutions.

This position involves end to end ownership of the server logical/physical planning development. The right candidate will have the opportunity to drive industry leading technology and work with a team of world class experts in the field of system, package, and PCB technology. Responsibilities for this role span from inception/concept creation, to implementation, and field support throughout the products' lifecycle.

This Package Team is currently looking to fill a position that requires strong fundamentals in System-in-Package (SiP) design, signal and power integrity, and package technology, pc board layout with a high level of analysis and design skills. Ideal candidate will show independence and the ability to be a self-starter.

Responsibilities

• Work with stakeholders and others in a multidisciplinary team to define requirements and develop the system solution for next generation enterprise server systems.

• Responsible for defining new component pinout definition, system logic, logic to card partitioning, card area analysis for required component fit, and route ability for the design.

• Must ensure design is released on schedule to meet project milestones.

• Included in this role is development of new components, pinouts, and routing plans that are compatible within multiple system designs.

• As a core member of the team, you will be expected to work autonomously and deliver designs on time and on budget.

• We encourage you to continuously develop your skills to meet dynamic changes in the industry

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical or Electronics

• 5+ years System Design and/or Packaging Experience

• Familiarity with logic entry, PCB design tools (ex: Cadence: Concept, ASA, and Allegro), signal and power integrity.

• Demonstrated experience in complex system design using high speed busses. (PCIE, DDR5)

• Demonstrated communication skills in a cross functional Development team environment.

• Understanding of Development process from system concept to product qualification.

• Experience with creating physical symbols, PCB routing and system timing.

• Work with team members to review system schematics and physical designs.

• Candidate should demonstrate interpersonal communication (including verbal and written communication), creative problem solving, time management, and team building skills.

• Candidate must be able to identify layout problems and offer creative solutions.

• Ability to develop and execute action plans and react quickly to changing requirements.

• Basic programming and scripting experience (writing and/or modifying Perl, Python, Skill, spread sheets) highly desired.

• Experience with I2C, PCIE GEN5, DDR5, and high-speed busses.

• Deep knowledge in Microsoft Excel and spreadsheet manipulation/automation.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Master's in engineering - Electrical or Electronics

• Experience in system Design Development

• Exposure to Development of Computer Enterprise Server Systems

• A background and experience in component pinout design is a plus.

ADDITIONAL INFO

• Describe your experience with card or substrate design. What electrical and physical constraints might you have when designing a PCB?

• What (if any) experience do you have working with Excel, Skill, Perl, Python and/or JavaScript? Describe the function or problem that you solved using through writing these programs.

• Do you like solving complex problems? Please give some examples.

• Do you have any PCB or card or module layout experience?

• What layout tools have you use if any? (Example: Cadence, Mentor Graphics, OrCAD

• Do you have any quality control experience?

• Do you prefer to work alone on a project or with a team. Explain why.

• What would you do if you had an extremely complex problems that needed to be solved in a short period of time.

• Describe your experience with high-speed busses for PCB design.

• Describe what difficulties you have encounter with the designs and techniques used to solve the problems.

• Describe your experience with PCIE gen5 PCB card design.

About Business UnitIBM Systems helps IT leaders think differently about their infrastructure. IBM servers and storage are no longer inanimate - they can understand, reason, and learn so our clients can innovate while avoiding IT issues. Our systems power the world's most important industries and our clients are the architects of the future. Join us to help build our leading-edge technology portfolio designed for cognitive business and optimized for cloud computing.

This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.

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