Differentiable Simulation Research Intern - Summer 2027
NVIDIA· Intern
Santa Clara, CA$38/hr - $94/hrinternPosted 1w ago
About the role
Research internship focusing on scalable differentiable algorithms, adjoint and automatic differentiation methods, and integration of AI/ML with simulation data for calibration and data assimilation. Projects target CUDA-X libraries, GPU-native solvers, and multi-physics simulations.
Responsibilities
- Prototype GPU-native solvers with adjoint and automatic differentiation techniques for engineering simulations.
- Integrate AI-based methods with simulation algorithms for parameter calibration, inverse problems, and data assimilation using experimental or simulation data.
- Co-design numerical algorithms and differentiation strategies for GPU parallelism, memory hierarchy, mixed precision, reduced synchronization, and distributed multi-GPU execution.
- Evaluate numerical accuracy, convergence, gradient quality, performance, and scalability on workloads in CFD, mechanics, thermal systems, and multiphysics.
- Identify promising methods and help move them toward reusable capabilities in CUDA-X libraries.
Qualifications
- Pursuing a PhD in applied mathematics, scientific computing, computational engineering, computer science, mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering, or equivalent program area.
- Strong foundations in algorithms related to PDEs, numerical linear algebra, iterative solvers, optimization, or scientific computing.
- Research experience with adjoint methods, automatic differentiation, inverse problems, data assimilation, gradient-aware simulation approaches, or a related area.
- Experience writing numerical software in Python and C++, with familiarity with parallel or GPU computing.
- Ability to design computational experiments, evaluate numerical and performance tradeoffs, and communicate technical results clearly.
Skills
Required:Adjoint methodsAutomatic differentiationNumerical software developmentGPU computingComputational experimentation
Benefits
- Intern benefits (link provided)
- Hourly rate: 38 USD - 94 USD
- Internship benefits eligibility.
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