System and Board Design Engineer (f/m/x)

Your role and responsibilities

Your Role: System and Board Design Engineer

We’re hiring development engineers (m/f/x) to join our System and Board Design team starting January 1, 2026. As part of the Electronic Packaging group, you’ll help design high-performance mainboards and PCB cards for IBM’s flagship platforms.

Key Areas of Work

• Logic & Physical Design: Develop and layout complex digital and analog circuits.
• Signal Integrity: Modeling and simulation of high-frequency signals across boards and systems. Definition of design rules and materials.
• Power Integrity: Ensure stable power distribution and switching stability on complex boards
• Module Design: Create single and multi-chip modules for IBM processors.
• Automation: Improve workflows, tools, and measurement methods.
• Failure Analysis: Support hardware bring-up, prototype validation, and issue resolution.

Your Team & Work Environment

You’ll join a team of world-class developers committed to building high-quality IT solutions. We offer:

• A modern, agile development environment
• Flexible working hours and a secure workplace
• Early responsibility with mentorship support
• Personalized development programs to grow your technical, leadership, or project management skills

Required education

Master's Degree

Your Profile

We’re looking for candidates with a strong technical foundation and a collaborative mindset. Ideally, you have:

• A Master’s or PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or similar
• Knowledge of signal and power integrity, and circuit design (digital & analog)
• Familiarity with PCB technologies and materials
• Programming skills (preferably Python)
• Experience with PCB tools (e.g., Cadence, Synopsys, Mentor Graphics, Altium, Eagle)
• Strong self-motivation and team spirit
• Excellent English communication skills (German is a plus)