Internship Rf Optimization Engineer Jobs in Waynesville, NC

Introduction

IBM Infrastructure is a catalyst that makes the world work better because our clients demand it. Heterogeneous environments, the explosion of data, digital automation, and cybersecurity threats require hybrid cloud infrastructure that only IBM can provide. Your ability to be creative, a forward-thinker and to focus on innovation that matters, is all support by our growth minded culture as we continue to drive career development across our teams. Collaboration is key to IBM Infrastructure success, as we bring together different business units and teams that balance their priorities in a way that best serves our client's needs. 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

What You'll Do

• Perform market research, customer research, and competitive analysis to identify new market opportunities.
• Understand our customers and key industries.
• Collaborate with Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Finance, and other teams.
• Identify and evaluate user requirements to uncover actionable product insights.
• Help translate complex technical capabilities into clear product requirements and user stories.

What We're Looking For

• Currently pursuing a relevant college degree.
• Excellent written and verbal communicator with attention to detail.
• Able to be decisive, even with incomplete information.
• Known for consistent execution and completion of tasks.
• Self-motivated and resourceful, with the judgment to seek input when appropriate.
• Thrive in multidisciplinary environments, fostering productive collaboration.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Must be enrolled in an accredited university program and returning to school following the internship
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data and derive actionable insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and manage multiple tasks in a fast-paced setting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) for reporting and analysis
• Proficiency in AI tools

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Familiarity with enterprise storage technologies (block, file, object)
• Exposure to AI/ML workloads, containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), or data-intensive applications as they relate to storage
• Understanding of cloud computing models (public, private, hybrid) and their impact on storage solutions
• Experience with market research, competitive analysis, or product lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of hardware and software development concepts
• Junior, Senior, or Master's degree student preferred
• Previous technical internship, co-op, academic research, open-source contribution, or hands-on technical project experience

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.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law. This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Job Title

Storage Product Management Intern 2027 -North Carolina

Date posted

28-Aug-2026

Job ID

130374

City / Township / Village

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, DURHAM

State / Province

North Carolina

Country

United States

Work arrangement

Hybrid

Area of work

Product Management

Employment type

Co-Op (Fixed Term)

Contract type

Internship

Projected Minimum Salary per year

74,400.00

Projected Maximum Salary per year

136,400.00

Position type

Internship

Travel required

No Travel

Company

(0147) International Business Machines Corporation

Shift

General (daytime)

Is this role a commissionable/sales incentive based position?

No