Introductiondo you have a passion for solving difficult hardware problems and designing leading edge hardware solutions. Do you have strong analytical skills and like working on advanced protocols and hardware? If so, read on.the ibm flashsystem card design team is responsible for the development of ibm storage hardware platforms and media. This includes storage architecture, design, schematics, physical design, review, vendor validation and bring-up. The team needs an engineer that can work independently to design computer hardware using ibm avl as well as off the shelf components. This includes circuit analysis, interpretation of data sheets and making design recommendations. This engineer will also participate in design decisions on new product designs internal and external to ibm. That includes design reviews, testing and evaluations.your role and responsibilitiesas a hardware developer at ibm flashsystem, you'll get to work on the storage platforms that are driving the future of storage architectures. Building on the current state of the art of solid state storage, and design products that will be the foundation for hybrid cloud solutions. Join an elite team of engineering professionals who enable ibm clients to make better decisions on the most capable storage hardware platform in the industry.this job entails working on the latest solid state storage technology, flash, advanced power delivery circuits, pci express, ddr protocol and other high speed protocols. Todays circuits require sophisticated power architectures so a lot of effort is spent designing efficient power architecture. A lot of effort and time goes into selecting the right components for a design. Due to the physical size limitations of many of our designs, layout is a challenge and a very important part of the job.required technical and professional expertisefundamental level of understanding of digital and analog circuit design.solid understanding of the principles of signal integrity.excellent analytical skills.experience in the principles of layout and physical design.experience in the use of oscilloscopes and other debug tools.strong communication and organizational skills.preferred technical and professional experienceunderstanding of computer protocols such as pcie and ddr.experience in the use of schematic capture tools.ability to understand the nuances of various computer architectures.