2 days ago
San Jose, CA, USAIntern
Responsibilities
- Work with state-of-the-art open-weight large language models and frontier coding agents.
- Design agentic systems and optimize machine learning software and hardware workloads across AMD GPUs, vLLM, SGLang, and PyTorch.
- Collaborate with ML scientists, engineers, and architects on research and engineering projects.
- Document findings through technical reports, presentations, and potentially research publications.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a master's or PhD program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field at a U.S.-based university; PhD candidates are preferred.
- Proficiency in Python and/or C++ with exposure to performance profiling or optimization.
- General understanding of machine learning software stacks and large language models, including PyTorch, JAX, and coding-agent harnesses.
- Relevant knowledge or project experience in agentic software engineering, agent-harness development or evolution, agent evaluation, performance analysis, GPU architecture, GPU kernel development and debugging, or machine learning compilers.
- Strong motivation, intellectual curiosity, ability to explore unfamiliar areas, and ability to incorporate feedback effectively.
Benefits
- Spring/Summer 2027 co-op running from January 25, 2027 through August 13, 2027.
- Full-time schedule of 40 hours per week in a hybrid, onsite, or remote work structure.
- AMD co-op experience includes learning opportunities, networking, and work on projects affecting end users worldwide.
- Benefits are described in AMD's benefits-at-a-glance materials.
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About AMD
AMD designs and sells CPUs, GPUs, and adaptive/embedded computing products for PCs, data centers, gaming, and edge devices. Its portfolio includes Ryzen and EPYC processors, Radeon and Instinct graphics, and adaptive SoCs from its Xilinx acquisition, sold to OEMs, cloud providers, and device makers. Founded in 1969 and headquartered in Santa Clara, it is a public company on NASDAQ and supplies semi-custom chips for major game consoles.