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IBM
IBM

Tokyo, Japan

Posted on Aug 20, 2026
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Introduction

At IBM Research, we are the innovation engine of IBM. Exploring what’s next in computing and shaping the technologies the world will rely on tomorrow. From advancing AI and hybrid cloud to pioneering practical quantum computing, we anticipate challenges and unlock new opportunities for clients, partners, and society. Working in Research means joining a team that accelerates discovery at the intersection of high-performance computing, AI, quantum, and cloud. You’ll collaborate with leading scientists, engineers, and visionaries to push boundaries and turn ideas into reality. With a culture built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, IBM Research offers the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to breakthroughs that transform industries and change the world.

Your role and responsibilities

As a Research Scientist, you will generate highly innovative ideas and concepts while performing advanced scientific or engineering tasks. You will contribute to or lead a program in engineering, services, or science with significant positive impact.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Develop Original Concepts: Create highly complex, original, and creative scientific or engineering achievements by applying advanced scientific or engineering knowledge.

• Participate in Program Planning: Contribute to overall departmental program planning and understand the standard mission of the professional group/department and vision in own area of competence.

• Lead Small Teams: Manage routine technical/operational activities or departments, and participate in defining and deciding project objectives.

• Collaborate with Clients: Participate in client-related research and ensure satisfactory completion of individual technical objectives.

• Publish Research Findings: Maintain a good publication record in leading conferences and contribute to high-value patents.

Required education
None
Preferred education
None
Required technical and professional expertise

• Advanced Scientific Knowledge: Exposure to applying advanced scientific or engineering knowledge to create original and creative achievements.

• Technical Program Planning: Experience working with departmental program planning and understanding the standard mission of a professional group or department.

• Project Leadership: Exposure to managing routine technical or operational activities, including participating in defining and deciding project objectives.

• Client-Facing Research: Experience working with client-related research, ensuring satisfactory completion of individual technical objectives.

• Research Publication: Exposure to publishing research findings in leading conferences and contributing to high-value patents.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Advanced Research Methods: Exposure to applying advanced scientific or engineering knowledge to create original and creative achievements, with the ability to develop and implement innovative research methods.

• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Experience working with diverse stakeholders, including clients, to ensure satisfactory completion of individual technical objectives and contribute to high-impact research outcomes.

• Technical Community Engagement: Exposure to participating in professional technical communities and societies, including peer reviewing and making effective presentations to senior leadership and external audiences.

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.

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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