AMD · 2 days ago
Summer 2026 PhD HPC & AI GPU Performance Intern
Austin, TX
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$96K/yr - $144K/yr
Start in 2026 SummerAMD is a company focused on building innovative products that enhance next-generation computing experiences. They are seeking a highly motivated GPU & CPU Research intern to participate in performance analysis and optimization projects related to GPU accelerated platforms.
Embedded SoftwareArtificial Intelligence (AI)SemiconductorCloud ComputingElectronicsHardwareAI InfrastructureComputerEmbedded SystemsGPU
No H1B
Responsibilities
Build, run, and analyze performance of benchmarks and application on GPU accelerated platforms
Assess the capabilities of development tools and runtime environment in terms of capabilities, performance, and usability
Explore the benefits of different code optimization techniques
Example projects include: Optimize communication patterns for HPC applications Investigate how GPU development tools can be adapted to future AMD GPUs Identify and measure performance capabilities across GPU families
Agents “ranger” through Jira/Atlassian to harvest reproducers
Use LLM workflows (maybe eventually agents) and existing Atlassian/Jira/Internal AMD AI available tools to incorporate existing bug reproducers
Perform a thorough study porting simple synthetic workloads and maybe proxy apps to adaptiveCPP (SYCL) and measuring performance
Qualification
Required
You are pursuing a PhD degree in PhD program in Computer Science, Computational Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, or a related field
You have strong background in parallel computing, distributed systems, or AI/ML frameworks
You are passionate about technology, looking to exploit GPUs to improve application performance
You have experience with following technical skills and key qualifications - Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or CUDA
Experience with at least one deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX)
C/C++ programming skills
Familiarity with MPI, OpenMP, or GPU programming
Solid understanding of numerical methods, optimization, or scientific computing
Experience with performance analysis, hot-spot identification, developing GPU kernels, analyzing and/or quantifying benefits of GPU offloading are a plus
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