Infrastructure & Technology Equipment Engineer Designer Professional Albany, US

Avature; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 106,000 - 183,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Hardware Developer to join their elite team in Albany. This role involves designing and overseeing the installation of semiconductor equipment, ensuring accuracy and compliance with specifications. You will collaborate with various engineering disciplines and site authorities, contributing to groundbreaking projects that drive the quantum revolution and AI era. If you have a passion for innovation and a commitment to excellence, this is your chance to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Healthcare benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Training and educational resources

Diverse employee resource groups

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in semiconductor equipment design and installation.
• Experience in multiple engineering disciplines including mechanical and electrical.

Responsibilities

• Produce designs for semiconductor equipment installation.
• Collaborate with engineers and contractors for accurate design delivery.

Skills

Semiconductor Equipment Design

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Process Engineering

Critical Thinking

MS Excel

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS Word

MS PowerPoint

Job description

As a Hardware Developer at IBM, you’ll get to work on the systems that aredriving the quantum revolution and the AI era. Join an elite team of engineeringprofessionals who enable IBM customers to make better decisions quicker on themost trusted hardware platform in today’s market.

Your role and responsibilities

A meaningful role for an experienced design professional supporting the lead designer. The incumbent will be responsible to produce accurate designs required for installation of tooling and structural systems fundamental to semiconductor equipment installation. The incumbent will work with teams of equipment engineers, facility engineers, process engineers, safety professionals on a variety of IBM projects at Albany NanoTech Complex.

• Collect, review, and interpret semiconductor equipment specifications, including facility data tables, tool requirements, drawing files, and SEMI reports in preparation of new or upgraded equipment installs.
• Evaluates equipment specifications for completeness and accuracy. Documents issues for IBM; publishes issues to equipment suppliers. Works to resolve issues or concerns with equipment supplier. Resolves open issues; validates solution with appropriate authority as necessary.
• Interprets equipment specifications – then prepares cutsheet documentation specific to the installation design that include addressing facility or sub equipment necessary to support operational equipment.
• Prepares MS Excel table of equipment's facility requirements as Cutsheet.
• Prepares scope of work and definition required to support tools’ structural (load displacement, vibration, and stiffness) specifications. Leads effort for designing and deploying structural systems, including field oversight.
• Works collaboratively with site authorities (facilities, EHS), multiple suppliers, vendors, contractors, and co-workers in a professional setting.
• Engages with contractors, resulting in on-time delivery of accurate and complete designs.
• Responds to contractor requests for information and suggestions, resulting in timely closure of topics.Routinely reports status and progress to IBM design lead

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 5 years of experience designing semiconductor equipment tool installs and interpreting equipment
• Minimum 3 years of experience in each of at least 2 disciplines of engineering (mechanical, electrical, process, I&C, industrial, or safety/LSS) plus structural engineering discipline relative to facility infrastructure & systems.
• 5+ years of experience designing in all disciplines of engineering (mechanical, electrical, process, I&C, structural, industrial, safety/LSS) relevant to semiconductor equipment.
• 5+ years of experience in equipment engineering for a semiconductor research or manufacturing organization: both design & installation
• Positive & professional contribution to a collaborative team-work environment.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Experienced user skills of MS Excel and other MS products such as Word and Powerpoint.
• Organized, rational, critical-thinking problem solver.
• Able to work well with others despite critical nature of work.
• Attention to detail and accuracy in design deliverables despite challenging deadlines.
• Adaptable to priority shifts and specification changes in the interests of overall project goals.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.

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.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualifiedapplicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexualorientation, national origin, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability,neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is alsocommitted to compliance with all fair employment practices regardingcitizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
• Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

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.

Job Title

Date posted

29-Apr-2025

Job ID

30189

City / Township / Village

Albany

State / Province

New York

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Onsite

Area of work

Infrastructure & Technology

Employment type

Regular

Contract type

Regular

Projected Minimum Salary per year

106,000.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

183,000.00

Position type

Professional

No Travel

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

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