AI Accelerator Microarchitecture Intern – Research

International Business Machines Corporation

Town of Yorktown (NY)

On-site

USD 89,000 - 164,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

IBM Research invites applications for the Microarchitecture / Software Intern 2027 - AI Accelerators Research in Yorktown Heights, NY. You will join a world-class team exploring microarchitecture and backend compiler software for AI accelerators, with hardware-software co-design at its core.

The role emphasizes prototyping on FPGA, developing kernels, and contributing to demonstrations of AI accelerator innovations in a multidisciplinary setting.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree required in a relevant field.
Master's Degree preferred.
Strong background in AI accelerators and/or related software.
Experience with hardware-software co-design.
Effective communication of technical ideas.

Responsibilities

Explore compute-in-memory extensions to dataflow microarchitecture accelerators.
Investigate microarchitecture extensions to enhance on-chip memory expansion and efficiency.
Develop software kernels to demonstrate and leverage the microarchitecture innovations.
Prototyping on FPGA emulation platforms.
Contribute to the development of cutting-edge demonstrations with emerging AI accelerators.

Skills

AI accelerators

Hardware-software co-design

Communication

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Microarchitecture study tools

AI accelerators compilers

Co-optimization tools

Job description

At IBM Research, we are the innovation engine of IBM. Exploring what’s next in computing and shaping the technologies the world will rely on tomorrow. From advancing AI and hybrid cloud to pioneering practical quantum computing, we anticipate challenges and unlock new opportunities for clients, partners, and society. Working in Research means joining a team that accelerates discovery at the intersection of high-performance computing, AI, quantum, and cloud. You’ll collaborate with leading scientists, engineers, and visionaries to push boundaries and turn ideas into reality. With a culture built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, IBM Research offers the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to breakthroughs that transform industries and change the world.

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will join a world-class team of engineers and researchers and contribute to the development of microarchitectures and the related back-end compiler software for advanced versions of IBM’s AI accelerators. This work will be carried out in a multi-disciplinary environment where hardware-software co-optimization is key. The microarchitecture innovations and software-stack components will target complete AI solutions for both established and next-generation AI applications. Specific examples of job responsibilities include

Explore compute-in-memory extensions to dataflow microarchitecture accelerators,
Investigate microarchitecture extensions to enhance on-chip memory expansion and efficiency,
Develop software kernels to demonstrate and leverage the microarchitecture innovations,
Prototyping on FPGA emulation platforms,
Contribute to the development of cutting-edge demonstrations with emerging AI accelerators.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Have strong background on AI accelerators and/or AI accelerator-associated software
Possess a track record of research in hardware-software co-design
Effective communication of technical ideas

Preferred technical and professional experience

Familiarity with tools and languages for microarchitecture studies
Research experience on compilers for AI accelerators
Experience with hardware/software co-optimization for AI applications
Familiarity with a diverse set of AI applications
Hands-on experience in prototyping AI-based solutions

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 15 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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