2026 Intern : Hybrid Cloud and Quantum Research Scientist

Introduction

IBM Research takes responsibility for technology and its role in society. Working in IBM Research means you'll join a team who invent what's next in computing, always choosing the big, urgent and mind-bending work that endures and shapes generations. Our passion for discovery, and excitement for defining the future of tech, is what builds our strong culture around solving problems for clients and seeing the real world impact that you can make.

IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

Your role and responsibilities

The Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure Research team at IBM Research focuses on the next generation Hybrid Cloud infrastructure for AI, Storages, HPC and Quantum applications. The research agenda of the group spans multiple technical areas in the context of hybrid cloud, AI systems, networking, security, high-speed networked-storage, accelerators, and HPC principles. The selected candidate will focus on systems design for Hybrid Cloud and Quantum applications. Responsibilities of the candidate will also include evaluation of the solutions from performance, scalability, security, and resiliency perspectives.

Experience in Linux Operating Systems

Experience with GPU Systems

Programming expertise with C, C++, Python. Rust, CUDA

Familiarity with executing HPC workloads

Familiarity with HPC system performance evaluation.

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.

Required technical and professional expertise

Software development : proficiency with Python, object-oriented programming, C++, C, Rust, CUDA

Version control : experience with Git

HPC : experience running HPC workloads on HPC systems

Quantum Computing : experience running jobs in Quantum Hardware.

Quantum Information : familiarity with basic Quantum Information concepts (circuits, states, gates)

Preferred technical and professional experience

Analyzing performance of workloads on large scale systems

Microbenchmarks

Running highly distributed workloads on large scale systems

Qiskit

Publishing papers in systems conferences, such as : Super Computing, SOSP, IEEE Cloud, NSDI, ACM Middleware, IEEE Cluster, ISPASS, IEEE International Conference in Quantum Software, RustConf, International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research (ACAT)

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.