What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2026 Intern: Next Generation Storage Systems position at IBM?
Introduction
IBM Research takes responsibility for technology and its role in society. Working in IBM Research means you'll join a team who invent what's next in computing, always choosing the big, urgent and mind-bending work that endures and shapes generations. Our passion for discovery, and excitement for defining the future of tech, is what builds our strong culture around solving problems for clients and seeing the real world impact that you can make.
IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.
Your Role And Responsibilities
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Research group is looking for motivated researchers interested in working at the intersection of storage, AI, and Quantum computing. The intern would be part of the team that would be building the next generation storage systems to address the needs of Agentic AI and Quantum computing workloads. We look for entrepreneurial candidates interested in conducting the full industrial research cycle - from ideation and design to prototyping the solution to demonstrate the benefits leading to scientific publication(s) and IP protection.
Preferred Education
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
IBM Research takes responsibility for technology and its role in society. Working in IBM Research means you'll join a team who invent what's next in computing, always choosing the big, urgent and mind-bending work that endures and shapes generations. Our passion for discovery, and excitement for defining the future of tech, is what builds our strong culture around solving problems for clients and seeing the real world impact that you can make.
IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.
Your Role And Responsibilities
Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Research group is looking for motivated researchers interested in working at the intersection of storage, AI, and Quantum computing. The intern would be part of the team that would be building the next generation storage systems to address the needs of Agentic AI and Quantum computing workloads. We look for entrepreneurial candidates interested in conducting the full industrial research cycle - from ideation and design to prototyping the solution to demonstrate the benefits leading to scientific publication(s) and IP protection.
Preferred Education
Master's Degree
Required Technical And Professional Expertise
- Strong system design skills; Software systems, storage, and platforms building experience
- Programming languages: C , C, Golang, Python, Rust, Shell
- Linux user-space or kernel development
- Software development tools (e.g., git) and processes (e.g., code review)
- Distributed systems and data storage; file, block, or object storage; cloud infrastructure
- Cloud-native and container technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, Application Containerization, Operators
- Basic understanding of LLM training and inference, experience w/ vLLM
- Programming for GPUs, TPUs, and other host-attached ML accelerators
- System measurement and performance analysis skills
- Networking: overlay, underlay, local, wide-area
