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PhD Research Intern, Architecture – 2027

NVIDIA· Intern
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Santa Clara, CA, Westford, MA, Seattle, WA$38/hr - $94/hrinternPosted 1mo ago

About the role

PhD intern to define the future of GPU and data-center computing, spanning GPU microarchitecture, memory systems, data-center hardware, emerging accelerators, and architecture implications of AI, scientific computing, robotics, and related workloads.

Responsibilities

  • Investigate new architecture concepts for future GPUs, memory systems, accelerators, and data-center-scale computing platforms.
  • Study emerging workloads and identify architectural bottlenecks and opportunities they create.
  • Explore hardware–software co-design across architecture, compilers, runtime systems, programming models, and applications.
  • Develop models, simulators, prototypes, and experimental tools to evaluate new architecture ideas.
  • Research new approaches to memory hierarchy, coherence, consistency, data movement, and system-level programmability.
  • Collaborate with NVIDIA researchers, GPU architects, software teams, and product groups to develop and evaluate promising concepts.
  • Clearly communicate research findings through presentations, technical reports, and potentially research publications.
  • Help transfer successful research ideas, methodologies, and tools into NVIDIA product teams.

Qualifications

  • Pursuing PhD Degree in relevant discipline(s) (CS, CE, EE, Physics, Math).
  • Relevant industrial and University experience in hardware, software, or algorithm development for PC/workstation graphics, digital video/image processing, gaming, mobile devices, rendering software, or computing.
  • Strong programming ability in C/C++, and scripting languages.
  • Experience as a CUDA programmer.
  • Background with building computer system simulators.
  • Experience building efficient low-level software tools such as runtime systems, binary translators, or compilers.
  • Strong background in computer architecture and parallel computer architectures.

Skills

Required:C/C++ programmingCUDA programmingComputer architectureSystem simulatorsLow-level software tools

Benefits

  • Intern benefits (see link)
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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