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PhD Research Intern, Security and Privacy - 2027

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

About the role

PhD research internship focused on security, privacy, and safety for future AI systems, with co-design across hardware/software stack and opportunities to publish research and collaborate across teams.

Responsibilities

  • Understand and analyze the potential vulnerabilities and risks in future systems for AI and AI-based systems.
  • Develop creative hardware, software, and algorithms to enable trustworthy AI systems with strong and verifiable security, privacy, and safety guarantees.
  • Collaborate with a diverse set of teams across the company, spanning software, hardware, research, and product groups.
  • Publish original research and speak at conferences and events.

Qualifications

  • You are pursuing a Ph.D. in CE/CS/EE with a strong background in computer architecture, operating systems, programming languages/compilers, applied cryptography, and/or AI/ML.
  • Demonstrated expertise in at least one specific security area (applied cryptography, programming languages, software systems, AI/ML algorithms, computer architecture, etc) with the ability to become the go-to resource within a team having varied backgrounds.
  • Strong publication and research collaboration records.
  • Experience with experimental research and development.
  • Experience with C, C++, Python, and/or scripting languages.

Skills

Required:Computer architectureOperating systemsProgramming languages/compilersAI/ML algorithms
Nice to have:Applied cryptography

Benefits

  • Intern benefits (see link)
  • Intern hourly pay between 38 USD and 94 USD per hour
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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