2027 PhD AI Systems & GPU Performance Engineering Intern

Advanced Micro Devices; San Jose, Santa Clara (CA, CA); Hybrid; USD 22,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Advanced Micro Devices in San Jose, CA is seeking a highly motivated PhD AI Systems & GPU Performance Engineering Intern. You will optimize AI models, training workflows, and inference on AMD Instinct GPUs using ROCm, PyTorch, JAX, and related tools.

The role blends profiling, benchmarking, and end-to-end optimization to advance next-generation AI tech. Join a team that explores cutting-edge AI systems research, collaborates across disciplines, and shapes performance improvements on AMD's latest

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in a technical field with internship end date after the term.
• Strong Python and C/C++ coding experience for accelerator work.
• Familiarity with Linux, profiling, and performance analysis.

Responsibilities

• Profile, benchmark, and optimize AI training and inference workloads on AMD GPUs.
• Develop reproducible benchmarking frameworks and automation scripts.
• Analyze end-to-end AI workflows, including LLMs and mixed precision techniques.
• Collaborate with engineers to evaluate GPU performance across environments.
• Contribute data-driven recommendations to improve efficiency and scalability.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Linux

GPU programming

Profiling

Performance analysis

Education

PhD student in CS/CE/EE

Tools

CUDA

HIP

Triton

rocProfiler

ROCm

Job description

ADVANCE YOUR CAREER. ADVANCE THE WORLD.

At AMD, we believetechnology has the power to solve the world’s most important challenges. From advancing healthcare and scientific discovery to powering AI and the technologies people rely on every day, innovation at AMDis shapingthefuture.

Whetheryou’redesigning next-gen processors, enabling AI breakthroughs, orbringing leading edge products to market, every role at AMD contributes to something bigger— technologythat moves the world forward.Join us and, together, we’ll advance your career.

JOB DETAILS:

• Location: San Jose, CA or Santa Clara,CA
• Onsite/Hybrid: This role requires the student to work full time (40 hours a week), in either a hybrid or onsite work structure throughout the duration of the co-op/intern term
• Duration:
  • Spring/Summer Co-op: January 25, 2027 - August 13, 2027
  • Summer Internship:
    • Semester Students: May 24, 2027 - August 13, 2027
    • Quarter Students: June 21, 2027 - September 10, 2027
  • Summer/Fall Co-op:
    • Semester Students: May 24, 2027 - December 10, 2027
    • Quarter Students: June 21, 2027 - December 10, 2027

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING:

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD AI Systems & GPU Performance Engineering Intern to join our team. In this role, you will help optimize state-of-the-art AI models, training workflows, and inference applications on AMD Instinct™ GPUs using AMD's latest hardware and software technologies.

• We will involve you in profiling, benchmarking, and optimizing AI training and inference workloads using ROCm™, PyTorch, JAX, vLLM, Triton, and related performance engineering tools, helping identify bottlenecks across compute, memory bandwidth, communication, and kernel execution.
• Your responsibility will include developing reproducible benchmarking frameworks and automation scripts that enable performance validation across AI models, software stacks, runtimes, drivers, and accelerator platforms.
• We will train you to analyze and optimize end-to-end AI workflows, including large language models (LLMs) and generative AI applications, exploring techniques such as model optimization, operator fusion, scheduling strategies, mixed precision, and quantization.
• You will work closely with engineers and researchers to evaluate GPU performance, compare workload characteristics across hardware and software environments, and contribute data-driven recommendations that improve efficiency, scalability, throughput, latency, and overall system utilization.
• You get to explore cutting-edge AI systems research on AMD's newest hardware platforms while contributing profiling analysis, performance investigations, and optimization solutions that advance next-generation AI training and inference technologies.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related technical field, with an expected graduation date after the internship concludes.
• Hands-on programming experience in Python and C/C++, with exposure to accelerator programming technologies such as CUDA, HIP, Triton, or similar frameworks.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow and familiarity with large-scale AI model training and inference concepts.
• Experience working in Linux environments, including scripting, debugging, profiling, and performance analysis.
• Exposure to GPU architecture concepts such as memory hierarchy, parallel execution, kernel optimization, communication efficiency, operator fusion, scheduling, or accelerator performance characteristics through research, coursework, or projects.
• Familiarity with profiling, benchmarking, and performance analysis methodologies using tools such as rocProfiler, ROCm Systems Profiler, Omniperf, Nsight, or equivalent technologies.
• Interest or experience in AI model optimization techniques such as quantization, mixed precision, distributed training, model serving, or large language model performance optimization.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Benefits offered are described: AMD benefits at a glance.

AMD does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services. AMD and its subsidiaries are equal opportunity, inclusive employers and will consider all applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, race, religion, political and/or third-party affiliation, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates and will accommodate applicants’ needs under the respective laws throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

AMD may use Artificial Intelligence to help screen, assess or select applicants for this position. AMD’s “Responsible AI Policy” is available here.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.