Real-Time Edge Data Benchmarking Internship

Imec India Private Limited; Town of Belgium (WI); On-site; USD 10,194 - 15,291; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Allowance provided

Job summary

imec is seeking a Master internship in Leuven to study edge data acquisition for real-time computing. You will design and implement a benchmarking framework to evaluate data ingestion pipelines under varying conditions.

Join the System Software team (ISSA/ SDP) to work on edge platforms like NVIDIA Jetson and Intel NUC, delivering a reusable toolkit and actionable optimization recommendations.

Availability for a 3-month period, with supervision by Cagatay Ozdemir, and an imec allowance provided.

Qualifications

• MSc student in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering, available for 3 months.
• Strong programming skills in Python and/or C/C++.
• Comfortable working with Linux-based environments.
• Interest in system performance, embedded systems, or edge computing.
• Analytical mindset with a passion for measurement and experimentation.

Responsibilities

• Measure key performance parameters such as throughput, latency, CPU utilization, memory usage, and energy consumption.
• Analyze buffering strategies, data transfer mechanisms, and hardware interfaces (CSI, USB, Ethernet).
• Investigate trade-offs between latency, data loss, performance, and energy efficiency.
• Evaluate system behavior under varying workloads and multi-sensor configurations.
• Use profiling and measurement tools on real platforms (e.g., NVIDIA Jetson, Intel NUC).
• Deliver a reusable benchmarking framework for data acquisition in edge systems.
• Provide a clear characterization of performance trade-offs.
• Offer concrete recommendations to optimize data acquisition pipelines for real-time applications.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Linux

Measurement & analysis

Education

MSc student in Computer Science

MSc student in Electrical Engineering

Tools

Profiling tools

Job description

imec is seeking a Master internship in Leuven to study edge data acquisition for real-time computing. You will design and implement a benchmarking framework to evaluate data ingestion pipelines under varying conditions.

Join the System Software team (ISSA/ SDP) to work on edge platforms like NVIDIA Jetson and Intel NUC, delivering a reusable toolkit and actionable optimization recommendations.

Availability for a 3-month period, with supervision by Cagatay Ozdemir, and an imec allowance provided.