NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Ph.D. Research Computer Architecture and Systems

Nvidia Corporation in; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Intern benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA invites Ph.D. students to join our 2027 internships in Research: Computer Architecture and Systems. You will work with world-leading teams to design novel GPU/CPU architectures, systems software, and AI-enabled workloads, delivering prototypes and publications that push the boundaries of computing.

This internship is for the full duration of your Ph.D. studies; applicants should be enrolled in a doctoral program, with strong publication records, and proficiency in C/C++, Python, and CUDA.

Qualifications

• Must be actively enrolled in a PhD program for full duration of internship.
• Anticipated graduation date must be indicated on resume to be considered.
• Strong programming and research experience in relevant areas.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement novel ideas in GPU/CPU architectures, systems architectures, operating systems, AI systems, and distributed systems.
• Collaborate with other team members, teams, and external researchers.
• Transfer research to product groups to enable new products; deliver prototypes, patents, or publications.

Skills

Strong research

Excellent communication

Collaboration

Education

Pursuing Ph.D. in CS/EE

Tools

C

C++

Python

CUDA

Job description

NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Ph.D. Research Computer Architecture and Systems (Finance)

NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing to tackle challenges no one else can solve. Our work in AI and digital twins is transforming the world's largest industries and profoundly impacting society - from gaming to robotics, self-driving cars to life-saving healthcare, climate change to virtual worlds where we can all connect and create.

Our internships offer an excellent opportunity to expand your career and get hands on experience with one of our industry leading Computer Architecture and Systems teams. We're seeking strategic, ambitious, hard-working, collaborative, and creative individuals who are passionate about helping us tackle challenges no one else can solve.

Learn more about Research at NVIDIA .

What you will be doing:

• Design and implement novel ideas in GPU and CPU a rchitectures, systems architectures, operating systems, AI systems, and distributed systems that advance computing, graphics, media processing, and related technologies central to NVIDIA's business.
• Collaborate with other team members, teams, and/or external researchers.
• Transfer your research to product groups to enable new products or types of products. Deliverable results include prototypes, patents, products, and/or publishing original research.

What we need to see:

• Must be actively enrolled in a university pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, for the full duration of the internship; anticipated graduation date ( month and year ) must be clearly indicated on a resume or CV to be considered.
• Depending on the internship, prior experience or knowledge requirements could include the following programming skills and technologies :
• C, C++, Python , CUDA .
• Strong background in research with publications at top conferences.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Potential internships require research experience in at least one of the following areas:

• Chip-level and System-level Architecture
• GPU and Multi-GPU Architecture
• Scalable memory systems and new memory technologies
• Scalable on-chip and off-chip interconnects
• Chip-level and system-level scheduling
• Power, performance, and energy-efficiency in large-scale systems
• Specialized accelerators for workloads like AI algorithms, crypto algorithms, databases, etc.
• Hardware-software co-design
• Systems for AI/ML
• Systems Infrastructure for large LLM training and inference
• Systems/AI algorithms codesign (e.g., for sparsity)
• AI/ML for systems (hardware design, code optimization, etc.)
• ML for EDA
• Programming Systems
• GPU-accelerated algorithms
• Languages and programming models for parallel computing
• Optimizing compilers and AI-based performance assistants
• Distributed runtime systems
• Systems software and operating system interfaces
• Optimizing GPU-accelerated workloads
• Compilers and code verification
• High-Performance Networking and Interconnects
• Large-scale GPU networking
• Topologies, routing, and congestion control
• Networking techniques at the intersection of scale-out and scale-up
• VLSI and Electronic Design Automation (EDA)
• GPU Accelerated EDA

Our internship hourly rates are a standard pay based on the position, your location, year in school, degree, and experience. The hourly rate for our interns is 38 USD - 94 USD.

You will also be eligible for Intern benefits .

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.