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Introduction

Do you want to grow your career and challenge yourself beyond what you believe you are capable of? Are you
interested in designing high-impact solutions to solve complex problems? Do you want to be part of an agile,
cross-disciplinary team that collaborates to develop end-to-end solutions? As a member of our IBM Chip
Development team, you will have the opportunity to work with world-class talent to develop our next-generation
silicon powering our IBM Power and IBM Z Systems. Our team works in a fast-paced, highly visible, matrixed
environment where the opportunities for technical growth and leadership are extensive.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Physical Design Engineer, you will be responsible for the physical and electrical design and development
of high-frequency CMOS chips in leading edge technologies using sophisticated design tools and flows to
implement circuit schematics (microprocessors and ASIC) and verify against technology design rules. Skills
required include CMOS circuit and VLSI design, timing analysis. Experience with Cadence tool suite is viewed
as a significant advantage. 

Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

• Understanding of Computer Architectures, Digital System Design, and VLSI Systems
• Projects in RTL design, using Verilog/VHDL
• Exposure to industry microprocessor designs
• Scripting skills (Python)
• Ability to work well in a team and be productive under aggressive schedules
• Strong communication skills

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Git, Python hands-on experience
• Work experience in high-frequency processor or ASIC physical design
• Inter-discipline design experience

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

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?

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 50 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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

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.