Job Description

Introduction
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.
Your role and responsibilities
Overview:
Join IBM's elite product development team driving innovation across IBM Z, POWER Systems, Storage and Quantum. We are seeking a skilled mechanical modeler with a strong background in simulation, design, and hardware validation to support high-performance and high-reliability server solutions.
Role Summary:
As a Mechanical Modeler, you will design and optimize module and server hardware systems to meet stringent thermal and mechanical requirements. You'll collaborate across disciplines to ensure designs meet performance, reliability, safety, and manufacturability standards. This role involves simulation, lab testing, and providing actionable insights to guide engineering decisions.
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop and simulate system-level hardware models using CAD and FEA tools.
• Acquire or collaborate to obtain accurate material properties for modeling.
• Analyze qualification test data and validate against simulation results.
• Prepare detailed technical reports and presentations for stakeholders.
• Provide design guidelines for components such as laminates, TIMs, coolers, chips, GPUs, HBMs, and load actuation hardware.
• Influence design decisions to ensure robust packaging and system integration.

First-level packaging (chip, laminate, module) and module-to-socket integration
Required education
Master's Degree
Preferred education
Master's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise

• Master's/PhD in Mechanical Engineering.
• 3+ years of experience in Finite-Element Modeling (FEM).
• Proficiency in CAD (SolidWorks preferred) and FEM tools (ANSYS or Abaqus).
• Ability to create scripts (APDL, Python) beyond GUI modifications.
• Experience in design for manufacturability (DFM).
• Hands-on lab experience.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional teams.
• Familiarity with electronic packaging and heterogeneous integration.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• 5+ years in mechanical modeling.
• Experience in static structural FEA (stress, strain, warpage prediction).
• Moisture diffusion and swelling simulation expertise.
• Knowledge of server/computer architecture.
• Experience with lab tools: tensile testers (Instron/MTS), DMA, TMA, TGA.
• Applied statistics and DOE knowledge (Minitab, JMP).
• Programming experience in Matlab, Python, LabView, or C++.

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 portfolio designed 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.
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Job Title
Semiconductor Packaging - Mechanical Modeler
Job ID
73200
City / Township / Village
BANGALORE
State / Province
Karnataka
Country
India
Work arrangement
Hybrid
Area of work
Infrastructure & Technology
Employment type
Regular
Position type
Professional
Travel required
No Travel
Company
(0063) IBM India Private Limited
Shift
General (daytime)
Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?
No

Skills Required