Hardware Verification Engineer

IBM

IBM

Other Engineering

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Posted on May 8, 2026
Introduction

The Hardware Organization at IBM is seeking a specialist to join us in our mission to deliver industry-leading storage systems. The team has delivered highly successful products for our customers, developing high-performing and resilient software and hardware that keeps business-critical systems and data available 24/7 around the world.

We are looking for passionate problem-solvers with a thorough technical grounding to help us develop solutions to meet our customers’ ever-changing needs for storing and managing data across multiple IBM hardware platforms.

We work closely with IBM colleagues in our global development community.

Your role and responsibilities

This role is for the IBM Infrastructure, Hardware Organization Development team. The Hardware Organization is distributed worldwide with sites in Tel Aviv Israel, Houston US, and Hursley UK.

The successful candidate will use their broad knowledge of x86 based hardware and component firmware design and operation, together with functional specifications and high-level design documents, to support the IBM Architect and vendor design team, to define and run verification tests, and to debug hardware issues on IBM Storage System products and peripherals.

This role involves hardware design reviews, hardware bring-up and verification activities in multiple disciplines, such as: microelectronic (x86 CPUs, PCIe and I2C busses), firmware (BIOS, BMC, CPLD, TPM), electrical (PSU, BBU), and mechanical engineering.

Using test equipment, the team bring-up and test the hardware functionality and, when needed, debug hardware and firmware faults and recommend solutions. The team follow development and test methodology including defect ticketing systems.

The team also collaborate closely with the Software Organizations who require this hardware to deliver their Storage Solutions to IBM customers and ensure the software interfaces to enclosure management systems function correctly.

The team are also responsible for the hardware support for Storage Products before and after a launch. This involves the failure analysis of suspected hardware or firmware issues. The team supports all hardware users, including the software developers and testers in IBM, the hardware manufacturers who build systems for IBM, and the vendors who supply components and diagnostic tools.

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

2+ years’ experience in hardware test and verification for microelectronic devices, such as: x86 CPUs, Switches, PCIe and I2C busses

Experience in Test Methodology, Agile working practices, and defect ticketing systems.

Experience of Firmware operation on programmable devices, such as:, BIOS, BMC, CPLD, TPM), electrical (PSU, BBU).

Preferred technical and professional experience

A knowledge of IBM Storage Controllers for FlashSystem and ESS

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