Quantum Systems Software Engineer Intern (m/f/x)
Quantum Systems Software Engineer Intern (m/f/x)
Quantum Systems Software Engineer Intern (m/f/x)
Quantum Systems Software Engineer Intern (m/f/x)
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Quantum Systems Software Engineer Intern (m/f/x)
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Quantum Systems Software Engineer Intern (m/f/x)
Ehningen, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany Quantum Development Acceleration Internship
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
At IBM Quantum Software, we are seeking a motivated intern to join our system-level development team. As an intern, you will contribute to the advancement of our low-level software stack that integrates quantum devices into our cloud services. This role sits at the intersection of systems programming and cloud-native service development.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Assist in the development and testing of software that supports quantum systems.
- Learn about distributed systems, cloud-native architectures, and modern software engineering practices.
- Gain hands-on experience with test automation and writing efficient, maintainable code.
- Collaborate with reliability and operations teams to understand system performance and help incorporate feedback into future development.
This internship is ideal for students with a solid understanding of software engineering who are eager to learn and grow in a collaborative, cutting-edge environment. Strong communication skills and a willingness to engage with globally distributed teams are essential.
Required education
Required technical and professional expertise
- Exposure to software development through coursework, personal projects, or internships, especially in cloud-native or systems programming environments.
- Familiarity with distributed systems and their basic architectural concepts.
- Introductory experience or coursework in parallel/concurrent programming.
- Experience writing code in one or more of the following languages: Go, Python, Rust, or C++—even if not in a production setting.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with an interest in collaborating across globally distributed teams.
- Interest in cloud technologies and understanding of how services operate in cloud environments.
- Experience using modern software development tools (e.g., Git, CI/CD pipelines) in academic or project-based settings.
- Enthusiasm for learning agile development practices and contributing to real-world software systems.
Preferred technical and professional experience
Basic familiarity or interest in quantum computing concepts, and exposure to libraries such as Qiskit or the IBM Quantum Platform through coursework, personal projects, or online learning.
ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT
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.
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.
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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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