Z Engineering System Test Hardware Developer - Poughkeepsie, NY - Intern

As a Hardware Test Engineer intern at IBM, you’ll get to work on the systems that are driving the future of computing. Join our team of creators – the people who help move IBM forward by using their imagination to envision solutions, curiosity to experiment with new ideas, and put their ever-growing skills into action for customers to make better decisions with greater speed on the most trusted platform in today’s market.

IBM has openings for Hardware Test Engineer interns in our Z Engineering System Test organization to test and provide customer support for hardware and firmware that make up our industry-leading IBM products. We are an elite team of engineering professionals that pioneer innovations for the cutting‑edge microprocessors and hardware used in IBM Z Systems. Test Engineers participate in various aspects of the test and support process such as but not limited to

• Assist in the testing of mainframe hardware components including processors, memory modules, and I/O systems
• Collaborate with firmware and systems engineering teams to ensure seamless hardware-software integration
• Help diagnose and resolve hardware issues through testing, debugging, and failure analysis
• Support lab testing efforts, including hardware bring‑up, functional verification, and environmental testing
• Ideal candidates will possess demonstrated test, and communication skills
• Contribute to technical documentation for procedures, and test results

High School Diploma/GED

Bachelor's Degree

Fundamental education in hardware, software, or testing

Passion to pursue career path in engineering

Growth minded, trusted, team focused, courageous, resourceful, and outcome focused

Python coding and scripting

• Familiarity with Mechanical Engineering: Exposure to mechanical engineering principles and concepts is beneficial for developing hardware products.
• Basic Understanding of Firmware Engineering: Knowledge of firmware engineering concepts can aid in testing and validating components.
• Exposure to Electrical Engineering: Familiarity with electrical engineering principles can support the development of hardware and technology products.

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.

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.

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