About the role#
NVIDIA is looking for Ph.D. students to join our engineering teams for the Summer 2027 term. This is an on-site, full-time, paid internship based in Santa Clara, California. You will work with our Computer Architecture and Systems teams to develop technologies for GPU and CPU architectures, AI systems, and distributed computing.
What you'll do#
- Design and implement new ideas in areas like systems architecture, operating systems, and distributed systems.
- Work alongside team members and external researchers to advance graphics, media processing, and related technologies.
- Transfer research findings into product groups to support the development of new products.
- Produce tangible results, including prototypes, patents, products, or published research.
What you'll need#
- Active enrollment in a Ph.D. program for Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field. You must clearly state your anticipated graduation date on your resume.
- A strong research background with publications at top conferences.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
- Experience in at least one of the following areas:
- Chip-level and system-level architecture or scheduling
- GPU and multi-GPU architecture
- Scalable memory systems and interconnects
- Power, performance, and energy-efficiency in large-scale systems
- Specialized accelerators for AI, crypto, or database workloads
- Hardware-software co-design
- Systems for AI and ML, including infrastructure for large LLM training and inference
- AI and ML for systems, or ML for EDA
- Programming systems, GPU-accelerated algorithms, and parallel computing languages
- Optimizing compilers and AI-based performance assistants
- Distributed runtime systems and operating system interfaces
- High-performance networking, topologies, routing, and congestion control
- VLSI and GPU-accelerated EDA
Location & details#
- Location: Santa Clara, California
- Term: Summer 2027
- Modality: On-site
- Compensation: 38 USD - 94 USD per hour, depending on experience and degree progress. Interns are eligible for benefits.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA operates as a computer hardware manufacturer based in Santa Clara, California. Founded in 1993, the company focuses on accelerated computing and graphics technology. It produces hardware for markets including artificial intelligence, gaming, and data centers. The organization employs over 50,000 people and maintains a global presence.
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