• Job Description

  Req#: 664627BR
  
  IBM Research at Albany, NY is looking for a Hardware Development Engineer to support the development of memory bit cell technology elements integrated into next-generation advanced CMOS technology nodes.
  The responsibilities for this position include:
  • Generation, maintenance and version control of physical layout for memory bitcell kits and test chip content
  • Refining the memory cell array design in accordance with new technology process assumptions, reliability requirements, and future product-design needs.
  • Close collaboration with process integration, patterning and module teams to ensure that the cell and array performance is aligned with evolving CMOS process development.
  • Definition of electrical test structures for SRAM memory cell and array characterization
  • Close collaboration with integration and patterning engineering teams to assure robust manufacturability of physical layouts
  • Device simulations to determine memory cell optimization for incorporation into product designs.
  • Accounting for memory array Design Rule Checking (DRC) wavers for inclusion in technology documentation
  • 3+ years experience with SRAM array design
  • 1+ years of experience with simulation software tools such as TCAD, Spice.
  • 1+ years of experience with electrical test and test concepts, probe stations and parametric analyzers such as Keithley.
  • 1+ years experience with layout design automation tools and methods
  • 1+ years experience with machine learning tools and methods applied to physical layout
  • Basic experience in analyzing large amounts of data using standard tools and programming languages such as JMP, SAS, Python, or similar tools. Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and 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, caste, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. As a Hardware Developer at IBM, you’ll get to work on the systems that are driving the quantum revolution and the AI era. Join an elite team of engineering professionals who enable IBM customers to make better decisions quicker on the most trusted hardware platform in today’s market. 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. 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.
  
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  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.

• About the company

  IBM is a global technology and innovation company headquartered in Armonk, NY. It is the largest technology and consulting employer in the world, with more than 375,000 employees serving clients in 170 countries. Just completing its 22nd year of patent leadership, IBM Research has defined the future of information technology with more than 3,000 researchers in 12 labs located across six continents.

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