Getting into ibm Research is more like getting into faang and without a minimum of a master degree they will not review your application
Do you work in Research Lab?
Not atm, but looking to transition into Research when graduating
There are research software engineer roles that you can target. Researcher roles are typically PhD only. The rsde roles depend a lot on your skill set and what each team is specifically looking for
What so special about research lab?
I have heard in India, IBM research lab salary is very good. Compared to MSFT of higher. Don't know about other countries.
@Raytheon the research lab just introduced the world's smallest CPU. The drones your company manufactures will eventually use them.