Hardware Developer - Pre & Post Silicon Validation

IBM; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Bengaluru (Infrastructure & Technology) is seeking a Hardware Developer for Cognitive Systems and IBM Z to design test architectures, drivers, and checkers. You will validate hardware designs using logic simulation or formal verification, and collaborate with partners to integrate I/O and networking components.

The role emphasizes early bring-up, verification principles, and cross-functional teamwork with industry leaders to ensure robust, scalable hardware solutions.

Qualifications

• Experience developing test architectures, drivers, and checkers for pre-silicon testing.
• Ability to validate hardware designs using logic simulation or formal verification techniques.
• Experience integrating I/O & networking products including Ethernet, Fibre Channel, or Infiniband.

Responsibilities

• Develop Test Architectures: design/test architectures, drivers, and checkers for Cognitive Systems & IBM Z.
• Perform Validation Tests and build tools for verification to ensure designs meet specs.
• Collaborate with industry partners and customers to integrate products and verify networking components.

Skills

Functional Verification

IO & Networking Integration

Verification Principles

Industry Collaboration

Early Bring-up & Test

Networking Debug

PCI Debug Skills

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Logic Simulation

Formal Verification

Job description

Introduction

At IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability. Our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.

Introduction

At IBM Infrastructure & Technology, we design and operate the systems that keep the world running. From high-resiliency mainframes and hybrid cloud platforms to networking, automation, and site reliability. Our teams ensure the performance, security, and scalability that clients and industries depend on every day. Working in Infrastructure & Technology means tackling complex challenges with curiosity and collaboration. You’ll work with diverse technologies and colleagues worldwide to deliver resilient, future-ready solutions that power innovation. With continuous learning, career growth, and a supportive culture, IBM provides the opportunities to build expertise and shape the infrastructure that drives progress.

Your Role And Responsibilities

As a Hardware Developer for Cognitive Systems and IBM Z, you will be responsible for developing test architectures, drivers, and checkers to test and verify designs used in these systems. This role involves using logic simulation or formal verification techniques to validate that the hardware design under verification functions according to specifications.

Your Primary Responsibilities Will Include

• Develop Test Architectures: Design and develop test architectures, drivers, and checkers using the latest technology to test and verify designs used in Cognitive Systems and IBM Z.
• Perform Validation Tests: Conduct validation tests or build the tools required to perform verification tests, ensuring the hardware design under verification functions according to specifications.
• Integrate Products: Integrate products from industry-leading suppliers of I/O and networking, requiring networking and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) business debug skills.
• Apply Verification Principles: Apply Random/Deterministic Verification Principles and utilize knowledge of Engineering Principles to ensure thorough verification of designs.
• Collaborate with Partners: Work with industry partners and/or customers to integrate and verify products, including Ethernet, Fiber Channel, or Infiniband networking products.

Preferred Education

Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Functional Verification Expertise: Experience with developing test architectures, drivers, and checkers for pre-silicon testing, using logic simulation or formal verification techniques to validate hardware designs.
• I/O and Networking Integration: Experience in integrating products from industry-leading suppliers of I/O and networking, including Ethernet, Fiber Channel, or Infiniband networking products, requiring networking and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) business debug skills.
• Verification Principles Application: Experience applying Random/Deterministic Verification Principles and utilizing knowledge of Engineering Principles to ensure thorough verification of designs.
• Industry Collaboration: Experience working with industry partners and/or customers to integrate and verify products, including those working with IBM P&Z Systems Servers.
• Early Bring-up and Test: Experience with early bring-up and functional integration test of Input/Output (I/O) networking adapters, network switches, or devices.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Networking Debug Skills: Experience with networking and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) business debug skills is beneficial for integrating products from industry-leading suppliers of I/O and networking.
• Industry Partner Collaboration: Experience working with industry partners and/or customers to integrate and verify products, including those working with IBM P&Z Systems Servers, is advantageous.
• Formal Verification Techniques: Knowledge of formal verification techniques to validate hardware designs is desirable for this role.