IBM San Jose layoffs are among new tech industry job cuts in Bay Area
SAN JOSE — Two tech companies, IBM and Infineon, have disclosed new rounds of employment cutbacks that will erase the jobs of more than 100 tech workers in the Bay Area.
The staffing reductions extend what has turned out to be a difficult two weeks for Bay Area tech workers, who are collectively facing the loss of several hundred jobs in the region as a result of recent layoff disclosures by their employers.
Here are the details for the most recent job cuts to affect the tech industry in the Bay Area, according to new posts by the state Employment Development Department.
• IBM is cutting 75 positions at 555 Bailey Ave. in the Coyote Valley region of South San Jose. The information technology and software titan plans to conduct the layoffs on Jan. 5, 2026, according to the WARN letter IBM sent to the state EDD.
• Infineon, a semiconductor maker, is eliminating 46 jobs on Champion Court in North San Jose. These staffing reductions are scheduled to begin taking place on Nov. 14 of this year.
Both companies described the job cuts as permanent.
Tech companies have revealed plans through a series of recent WARN notices to eliminate 1,751 jobs, according to filings during the last week of October and the first week of November.
Most of these layoffs were disclosed in late October, when Amazon, Meta Platforms and Applied Materials reported separate layoff decisions.
Earlier this week, Hitachi Vantara revealed plans to cut 128 jobs in Santa Clara, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, or HPE, reported a decision to cut 52 jobs in San Jose.
In July, IBM said it would close its Almaden Research Center at 650 Harry Rd., perched on a South San Jose hillside, and move those researchers and workers to IBM’s Silicon Valley Lab at 555 Bailey.
The consolidation was scheduled to be complete by sometime in 2026 or even by the end of this year, IBM said. It wasn’t immediately clear if the layoffs were a result of IBM’s decision to merge the two innovation hubs.
IBM’s Almaden Research Center produced numerous cutting-edge scientific and technical breakthroughs over a period of decades.
“We look forward to bringing all of our IBMers under one roof at our Silicon Valley Lab, working together side-by-side, to drive more collaboration and to continue to deliver new innovations, from artificial intelligence to quantum computing, for our company and clients,” an IBM spokesperson said in July in connection with the consolidation of the two tech hubs.