AI Software Intern (Summer 2027) - Santa Clara, California, United States of America
$20 - $40 USD hourly
Originally posted 21 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As an AI Software Intern, you will work alongside senior software engineers to build, optimize, test, and deploy AI models within an AI platform. This role involves hands-on exposure to the AI inference software lifecycle and AI processor architectures across edge devices or cloud infrastructure.
What you'll do
- Assist with integrating, deploying, testing, and scaling machine learning models, including large language, computer vision, and predictive models, within production-oriented AI pipelines. - Analyze latency, memory usage, and computational footprint, helping optimize AI inference workflows for edge devices or cloud infrastructure. - Use modern AI-assisted development tools for software prototyping, code development, testing, and debugging. - Document engineering designs, experiment configurations, performance benchmarks, software interfaces, and API architectures. - Perform all activities in a safe and responsible manner in support of Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements.
What you'll need
- Currently enrolled as at least a sophomore pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a related field, with a minimum 3.0 GPA in good academic standing. - Familiarity with at least one major machine learning framework, such as PyTorch or TensorFlow. - Strong understanding of object-oriented programming and software version control using GitLab, GitHub, or related tools. - Fluency in English (written and verbal) and ability to work 40 hours per week during the internship.
Nice to have
- Prior related internship or co-op experience. - Familiarity with low-level, high-performance programming, such as kernel optimization, systems programming, or hardware accelerators. - Exposure to cloud systems such as AWS. - Participation in AI/ML hackathons, open-source projects, or university research labs.
Skills: PyTorch, TensorFlow, inference, latency profiling, GitLab
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 50-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
998
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$235k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | GlobalFoundries | All employers we track in this specialty (998 roles · 89 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 18 | 998 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 48 | 6296 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 63 d | 50 d (+13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $235k |
Skills observed across this category: PyTorch, TensorFlow, inference, latency profiling, GitLab
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 290 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm · 62 open roles · median 51 d
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 22 d
- Graphcore · 50 open roles · median 96 d
- Intel Corporation · 44 open roles · median 13 d
- Cerebras · 35 open roles · median 86 d
How we counted: 998 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 89 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.