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Hardware System Design Engineer for Storage Platforms

IBM
IBM Salary
Houston, TX Full Time
POSTED ON 1/12/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/12/2026

Job Details

Introduction

The IBM Storage Hardware Design Team leads the development of IBM's storage hardware platforms and media technologies. This includes defining and executing storage architectures, driving design and implementation efforts, conducting reviews, resolving technical issues, and collaborating with vendors and manufacturing partners. The team operates across multiple IBM business segments to deliver innovative storage solutions. Engineers on this team bring a broad skill set spanning electrical, mechanical, software, firmware, and thermal design. Strong communication skills are essential to enable effective collaboration with internal teams as well as external suppliers and partners to drive technical outcomes. Team members actively contribute to design decisions for both IBM-internal and externally developed products.

Your role and responsibilities

  • Create plans and solutions for IBM storage platforms using existing products and roadmaps.
  • Collaborate with IBM Offering Managerment and Architects to create cost effective and technological innovative storage solutions.
  • Work with IBM Engineering team and drive technical solutions.
  • Collaborate with vendors and partners on technical issues and development.
  • Follow and update engineering team on technologes and industry trends.
  • Use market feedback to create solutions that meet clients requirements.
  • Be an active participant in the design and test process of IBM storage platforms.
  • Participate in debug sessions with vendors and staff in the lab.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

  • Fundamental understanding of Computer Architecture and Infrastructure.
  • Excellent Analytical Skills.
  • 10 years experience within computer hardware design.
  • Strong verbal and written communication and organizational skills.
  • Strong understanding of the interaction between Software, Firmware and Hardware.
  • Understanding of the fundamentals of electromechanical design.

Preferred technical and professional experience

  • Fundamental understanding of Thermal Analysis and Thermal Design.
  • Fundamental understanding of the interaction between BIOS, BMC, CPLD and OS.
  • Fundamental understanding of Digital and Analog Circuit Design.
  • Knowledge of networking hardware and associated components and interfaces such as FPGAs/ ASICs, PHY, SerDes, CPU subsystems, optics, high-speed serial links, PoE, PCIe, NVMe, SATA, I2C, and USB.

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 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.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

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.
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