Edge AI Accelerator Research Intern

IBM; Town of Yorktown (NY); On-site; USD 89,000 - 164,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

IBM Research invites applications for a Summer Research Intern 2027 focused on edge communications processing with AI accelerators. You will develop AI kernels, optimize inference workloads, and map signal-processing and communication algorithms onto custom accelerator platforms both at the edge and in embodied computing systems.

The role demands strong programming skills, a solid foundation in math and algorithms, and hands-on experience with low-level software development and performance

Qualifications

• 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.
• Demonstrated ability to independently develop, prototype, and evaluate complex technical solut

Responsibilities

• Develop and optimize AI kernels and inference workloads for custom accelerator architectures.
• Evaluate and benchmark performance, efficiency, and scalability across representative workloads.
• Explore mappings of signal-processing and communication algorithms 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.
• Contribute to the identification of new opportunities for AI acceleration in performant communication and computing applications operating at the edge.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

FPGA-based implementations

Digital systems

Computer architecture

Accelerator architectures

DSP architectures

Job description

IBM Research invites applications for a Summer Research Intern 2027 focused on edge communications processing with AI accelerators. You will develop AI kernels, optimize inference workloads, and map signal-processing and communication algorithms onto custom accelerator platforms both at the edge and in embodied computing systems.

The role demands strong programming skills, a solid foundation in math and algorithms, and hands-on experience with low-level software development and performance