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Quality Assurance
Tokyo, Japan · Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
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 Manufacturing Professional: Technician, you will provide technical expertise to ensure products and tools serviceability, utilizing manufacturing GEM process and troubleshooting techniques to identify, prevent, and resolve test failures throughout the manufacturing process. You will work independently according to provided procedures and guide/mentor operators.
Your primary responsibilities will include:
• Perform Technical Troubleshooting: Identify, prevent, and resolve test failures throughout the manufacturing process using manufacturing GEM process and troubleshooting techniques.
• Collaborate with Engineering: Work with Engineering to model new processes and products, providing technical expertise to ensure successful implementation.
• Provide Technical Guidance: Guide and mentor operators on manufacturing processes and procedures to ensure efficient and effective production.
• Present Status Reports: Present and report status at manufacturing and cross-functional meetings, ensuring clear communication and alignment with team goals.
• Support IBM Goals: Utilize knowledge to support IBM goals and various IBM product generations on different manufacturing areas, aligning with the organization's strategy and objectives.
• Exposure to Manufacturing Processes: Familiarity with manufacturing GEM process and troubleshooting techniques to identify, prevent, and resolve test failures throughout the manufacturing process.
• Experience Working with Engineering Teams: Collaboration with engineering teams to model new processes and products, providing technical expertise to ensure successful implementation.
• Understanding of Technical Guidance: Knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures to guide and mentor operators on efficient and effective production.
• Familiarity with Cross-Functional Meetings: Exposure to presenting and reporting status at manufacturing and cross-functional meetings, ensuring clear communication and alignment with team goals.
• Basic Understanding of IBM Products: Knowledge of various IBM product generations on different manufacturing areas, aligning with the organization's strategy and objectives.
• LEAN Practices Knowledge: Familiarity with LEAN practices to support IBM's Strategy and transformation, utilizing efficient and effective methods to drive results.
• AGILE Methodologies Exposure: Exposure to AGILE methodologies to execute programs and projects in an adaptive and responsive manner, aligning with IBM's goals and objectives.
• DESIGN THINKING Principles: Basic understanding of DESIGN THINKING principles to approach problems and challenges in a creative and innovative way, driving solutions that meet client needs.
In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.
Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever 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 on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.
Are you ready to be an IBMer?
IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.
Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.
At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.
IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.