About the role#
IBM Research is hiring a Summer Research Intern for 2027 to work on edge communications processing with AI accelerators. This role focuses on the intersection of AI systems, signal processing, and computer architecture. You will join a team developing technologies for efficient intelligence on edge and emerging computing platforms. Your work involves mapping AI models and algorithms onto specialized computing platforms for applications like wireless communications, 5G/6G, and integrated sensing.
What you'll do#
- Develop and optimize AI kernels and inference workloads for custom accelerator architectures.
- Evaluate and benchmark performance, efficiency, and scalability across representative workloads.
- Explore how signal-processing and communication algorithms map onto specialized computing platforms.
- Prototype and implement algorithms using low-level programming techniques and hardware-aware software optimization.
- Collaborate with researchers across AI systems, computer architecture, and communications domains.
- Identify new opportunities for AI acceleration in performant communication and computing applications at the edge.
What you'll need#
- Strong programming skills and experience with low-level software development and performance optimization.
- Strong foundations in mathematics, algorithms, and numerical methods.
- Experience with AI inference, machine learning systems, signal processing, or related computational workloads.
- Familiarity with digital systems, computer architecture, accelerator architectures, DSP architectures, or FPGA-based implementations.
- Experience implementing and optimizing algorithms on custom computing platforms, accelerators, FPGAs, or DSPs.
- Familiarity with AI accelerator architectures, domain-specific architectures, or hardware-software co-design methodologies.
- Experience with kernel development, performance analysis, profiling, and benchmarking.
- Knowledge of machine learning models and inference frameworks.
- Background in wireless communications, communication systems, computer vision, or sensor processing.
- Demonstrated research experience through publications, open-source contributions, or significant technical projects.
- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or Physics.
Location & details#
- Location: Yorktown Heights, New York, United States.
- Modality: On-site.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Status: Full-time internship.
- Compensation: This is a paid position.
About IBM
IBM provides IT services and consulting to a global client base. The company develops technology solutions across areas such as cloud computing, security, analytics, and infrastructure. It operates as a public organization with more than 10,001 employees. The corporate headquarters are located in Armonk, New York.
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