Hardware Engineer Intern - ASIC design and logic verification 2025

IBM - Albany, NY

Full-time - Intern

Albany, NY

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Hardware Engineer intern position at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center offers students the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI accelerator technologies. Interns will collaborate with a team of researchers and engineers to design and verify next-generation AI compute chips and network interconnects, contributing to the development of large language models.

Responsibilities

• Write VHDL/Verilog modules for the AI Accelerator SoC.
• Perform functional verification of design modules.
• Develop tests for functional logic verification.
• Evaluate system performance and provide feedback to system architects and logic design engineers.

Requirements

• Experience in ASIC or FPGA logic verification.
• Strong FPGA/ASIC RTL logic design skills.
• Experience with programming in C, C++, and Python.
• Knowledge of computer architecture and system design.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.

Nice-to-haves

• 1 year or more experience in Verilog/VHDL logic verification.
• Experience with custom hardware for AI/ML.
• Experience in network interconnect architectures.
• Familiarity with Foundation Models / Large Language Models.
• In later years of a Master's degree program in a related field.

Benefits

• Internship experience with a leading technology company.
• Opportunity to work with world-class researchers and engineers.
• Hands-on experience in cutting-edge technology development.