QA/Test Developer Intern: Systems Assurance - Poughkeepsie, NY - 2027

IBM

City of Poughkeepsie (NY)

Hybrid

USD 76,000 - 139,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

8 paid holidays

IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Paid family medical leave

Disability benefits

Job summary

IBM in Poughkeepsie, NY invites you to join as a QA/Test Developer Intern in Systems Assurance. This internship lets you work on hardware platforms, firmware, and AI LLM validation while collaborating with global teams.

You will design, test, and automate procedures, support customers and field engineers, and gain hands-on experience across IBM Power/Systems, zSystems, and storage in a fast-paced, learning-focused environment.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or GED required.
Bachelor's degree preferred.
Experience with programming languages and testing.

Responsibilities

Install and test hardware systems hands-on.
Validate and characterize processors and systems.
Support customers and field engineers with technical solutions.
Design and test firmware architectures.
Analyze failures and improve system reliability.
Automate test suites and simulate customer environments.
Develop and document test plans and procedures.
Collaborate with global development teams.
Install, configure, and validate AI LLMs.

Skills

Programming languages

APIs design

Agile methodologies

Testing skills

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor's degree

Tools

C++

Python

SQL

Job description

Join IBM and be part of the team driving the quantum revolution and the AI era. As a Developer, you’ll work on the systems powering the future—from microprocessors to AI LLM solutions—while growing your skills in a collaborative, innovative environment.

Your role and responsibilities

As a QA/Test Development Engineer, you’ll contribute to the design, testing, and support of IBM’s industry-leading technologies, including IBM zSystems, IBM Power Systems, IBM Storage, IBM Quantum Systems, with responsibilities such as but not limited to:

Install and test hardware systems hands-on.
Validate and characterize processors and systems.
Support customers and field engineers with technical solutions.
Design and test firmware architectures.
Analyze failures and improve system reliability.
Automate test suites and simulate customer environments.
Develop and document test plans and procedures.
Contribute to internal and external code repositories.
Collaborate with global development teams.
Install, configure, and validate AI Large Language Models (LLMs).

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Familiarity with one or more programming languages such as C++, C, Java, Ruby, Python, Perl, SQL
Experience with application development and databases.
Ability to design scalable APIs, servers, services, and applications.
Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
Strong communication, design, problem solving and testing skills.
Curiosity, creativity, and a client-first mindset.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Familiarity with Industry-Leading Practices: Exposure to industry-leading practices for exploratory testing and test automation, including unit tests, integration tests, and functional tests.
Basic Understanding of Quality Technologies: Knowledge of quality technologies and testing standards, including their application in ensuring product robustness and failure scenario refactoring.
Exposure to Defect Analysis Tools: Familiarity with tools and techniques used for defect identification, root cause analysis, and prevention methods.

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 portfoliodesigned 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

Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

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.

Job Title

QA/Test Developer Intern: Systems Assurance - Poughkeepsie, NY - 2027

Date posted

27-Aug-2026

Job ID

130758

City / Township / Village

POUGHKEEPSIE

State / Province

New York

Country

United States