AMD · 17 hours ago
2026 PhD Software Development Engineer Co-Op/Intern
Santa Clara, CA
Internship
Hybrid
Intern
$92K/yr - $137K/yr
Start in 2026 SpringAMD is a company dedicated to building innovative products that enhance computing experiences. They are seeking a Software Development Engineering intern/co-op to participate in the research and development of next-generation product features, working closely with ML/AI engineers to optimize hardware models using advanced frameworks.
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Responsibilities
We will involve you in the analysis and prototyping of the capabilities of single- and multi-agent Large Language Model-based frameworks to optimize C++ Hardware models so that they can be efficiently implemented using the Vitis High Level Synthesis tool
We will assign you the tasks of identifying existing research tools and frameworks to address this problem
We will help you in selecting one to be used during the internship for the specific problem of optimizing various kinds of single and multiple loop nests, with the goal of improving their performance by rewriting the code to expose more parallelism and satisfying the Vitis HLS coding guidelines
We will assist you when implementing and evaluating the results of such optimizations applied to a set of benchmark designs
Qualification
Required
You are currently enrolled in a US based University in a PhD program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
Preferred
Experience on parallelizing compiler development
Ability to develop complex C++ code
Experience on using High-Level Synthesis tools to design hardware
Experience on using LLMs for coding
Benefits
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Company
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions.
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