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Introduction

At IBM we pride ourselves on pioneering high-performance, scalable, and reliable computing solutions that empower enterprises to tackle their most demanding workloads. Our legacy with Power systems has set the standard for robust enterprise computing, and with the current and next generation Power Systems, we're taking a quantum leap forward.

Our Power Systems are designed to excel in data-intensive environments, featuring advanced AI acceleration and a high-bandwidth architecture that drives unparalleled performance.

What sets IBM India apart is our end-to-end ownership of innovation. From concept and architecture to design, verification, layout, physical design (PD), and System integration, our teams lead the development of Power Systems.

Join us and be part of this elite team that is redefining the future of enterprise computing — delivering not just power and speed, but also trustworthy and ethical AI solutions that transform industries worldwide.

 

Your role and responsibilities

As a CPU/Processor characterisation Engineer, you will be working on IBM Server Processor performance analysis and tuning, functional validation, microbenchmark development, workload characterisation, workload tracing & scoping using various lab equipment’s.

 

Roles and Responsibilities

      • Define, develop and execute electrical, functional, and system test plans to verify system functionality and product specification using hardware and software validation tools.
      • Develop workloads to understand performance characteristics of CPU
      • Conduct detailed workload characterisation on silicon
      • Collect & analyse CPU performance data for various workloads
      • Develop tools and techniques to collect workload traces which can be fed to the design/modelling/simulation teams for failure analysis & debug.
      • Verify & triage issues and connect with relevant stake holders to resolve problems
      • Utilise software tools, lab equipment such as oscilloscopes/probes/logic analyser to analyse & debug electrical and functional test data in support of production
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

Required Skills and Experience:

      • Excellent understanding of the validation and debug flows of a complex high-speed Processor
      • Knowledge and experience of CPU architecture/microarchitecture, prior development experience in CPU/System power/performance analysis/modelling/design and/or, workload analysis/characterisation/software optimisation
      • Must have experience in electrical, functional, and system test plans used to verify system functionality and product specification using hardware and software validation tools.
      • Ability to work efficiently alone as well as part of geographically distributed teams across multiple groups
      • Must have experience in using oscilloscopes, logic analysers, DMM, Probes
      • 4+ years of hands-on experience in System development (Processors)

 

Bachelors or Masters in Hardware Engineering/Electronics or related field, with technical expertise to fit the roles and responsibilities provided above.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM 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.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

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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.

 

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ABOUT IBM

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.

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