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Ehningen, Germany
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.
Start Your Career at the Intersection of Hardware, Software, AI, and Quantum Computing
Are you studying Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field and looking for an opportunity to work in a cutting-edge technology environment?
As a Bachelor's or Master's student, you will have the opportunity to work alongside experienced engineers on some of the world's most advanced server systems and technologies, contributing to innovations in AI, cloud computing, enterprise workloads, and quantum computing.
As part of our international engineering organization, you will collaborate with experts across Germany, the United States, Israel, and India, working on technologies that push the boundaries of computing. Our team also contributes to IBM's Quantum Computing roadmap.
Whether your passion lies in computer architecture, software development, automation, DevOps, or AI-assisted engineering, this is your opportunity to learn, grow, and make a real impact from day one.
Why IBM?
At IBM, you'll help build technologies that shape the future of computing while developing your skills alongside some of the industry's brightest minds. If you're ready to transform your academic knowledge into real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply now and start your journey with IBM.
Your Team
Joining IBM means becoming part of a highly collaborative and diverse engineering community where innovation happens every day.
What you can expect:
* A global team of experienced engineers across Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia.
* Direct mentorship and technical coaching from industry experts.
* Meaningful projects and ownership from your very first day.
* A modern engineering environment that embraces agile development, automation, DevOps, and AI-enabled workflows.
* Opportunities to work on technologies ranging from high-performance servers and AI accelerators to future quantum computing platforms.
* Continuous learning, professional development, and long-term career growth opportunities.
* Flexible working models and a culture built on trust, inclusion, and innovation.
Your Job: Hardware Verification
As an Internship in Hardware Verification, you will help ensure the quality and functionality of IBM's next-generation processors, accelerators, ASICs, and server systems before they are manufactured.
In this role, you will:
* Verify complex hardware designs for future IBM server and AI systems in a pre-silicon environment.
* Develop intelligent verification solutions using modern programming languages and automation frameworks.
* Build simulation environments, reference models, test generators, and verification infrastructure.
* Analyze system behavior, investigate issues, and work with design teams to drive resolutions.
* Collaborate closely with engineers from architecture, logic design, firmware, research, and tooling teams worldwide.
* Apply modern DevOps practices to hardware development and verification workflows.
* Leverage AI-powered development tools to improve productivity, code quality, and engineering efficiency.
* Continuously enhance verification methodologies, automation capabilities, and quality metrics.
* Contribute to technologies that support IBM's AI, Cloud, and Quantum Computing roadmaps.
* Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a comparable field, with a strong interest in hardware and software development.
* Strong software development skills, ideally in Python, C++, or similar programming languages.
* Knowledge of computer architecture, digital systems, or hardware design concepts.
* Initial experience with VHDL, Verilog, SystemVerilog, or related technologies is a plus.
* Interest in software engineering practices, automation, and DevOps methodologies.
* Familiarity with modern development ecosystems such as GitHub, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, or cloud-native tools.
* Enthusiasm for applying AI technologies in engineering and development processes.
* A structured, analytical, and solution-oriented mindset.
* Strong communication skills in English and the ability to collaborate in an international environment.
Advanced German language skills.
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.
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