GPU/AI Application System Software Engineer Intern (System Technologies and Engineering) - 2026 Summer (BS/MS)

Responsibilities

Design and implement performance benchmarks and testing methodologies to evaluate system performance.

Develop benchmark tools and performance optimization of AI workloads specifically tailored for large-scale LLM training and inference, as well as High-Performance Computing (HPC).

Develop Python scripts to automate the testing of various benchmark tools.

Collaborate with internal teams to identify system bottleneck, debug and improve performance issues.

Qualifications

• Must be able to commit to a 12-week full-time work period during Summer 2026
• Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree within Computer Engineering in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related majors.
• Background with GPU/CPU benchmarking
• Familiar with ML/DL techniques, algorithms and frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch.
• Exposure to testing automation for various applications.
• Proficiency in Python and C/C++
• Hands-on experience with Linux based systems
• Ability to work independently and complete projects from beginning to end and in a timely manner

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong background in one of the following fields: High Performance Computing, ML Hardware Acceleration (e.g., GPU/TPU/RDMA) or ML for Systems, and Distributed Storage.
• Experience in AI model development, training, evaluation and deployment on Cloud, Cluster or on-premises.
• Experience with parallel programming and at least one communication runtime (MPI, NCCL, UCX, NVSHMEM).
• Experience with development applications with CUDA programming
• Linux kernel development experience, such as networking and device drivers etc.
• Familiar with git workflow.
• Experience with complex system-level debugging is invaluable.

Job Information

[For Pay Transparency] Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $45- $45.
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.

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