Summer 2027 PhD AI Engineering Intern - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves supporting the development of AI-assisted workflows for engineering and compute optimization tasks.
What you'll do
- Support the development of AI-assisted workflows for engineering and compute optimization tasks.
- Assist in building and evaluating systems that generate, test, benchmark, and measure candidate improvements.
- Contribute to tools that connect AI models with compilers, profilers, benchmarking tools, and engineering workflows.
- Support evaluation and validation efforts focused on correctness, performance, and reliability.
- Assist with analyzing experimental results and identifying opportunities to improve AI models and optimization approaches.
- Collaborate with researchers and engineers on AI-assisted software and hardware optimization projects.
- Support experiment tracking, benchmarking, and reproducibility across AI engineering projects.
- Document technical work, experimental results, and key learnings.
What you'll need
- Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field.
- Programming experience in Python.
- Coursework or hands-on experience in artificial intelligence, or computer systems.
- Familiarity with PyTorch or similar machine learning frameworks.
- Interest in AI agents, optimization, LLMs, or AI-assisted software development.
Skills: AI-assisted workflows, engineering and compute optimization, compilers, profilers, benchmarking tools
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 69-day median for AI/ML Hardware Engineering roles.
AI/ML Hardware Engineering · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
517
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Median days open
69 d
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Median salary
$232k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (517 roles · 75 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 46 | 517 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 398 | 5925 · 143 employers |
| Median days open | 58 d | 69 d (−11 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $232k |
Skills observed across this category: AI-assisted workflows, engineering and compute optimization, compilers, profilers, benchmarking tools
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 109 open roles · median 99 d
- NVIDIA · 87 open roles · median 70 d
- AMD (this employer) · 44 open roles · median 62 d
- Micron Technology · 32 open roles · median 42 d
- Mobileye · 21 open roles · median 58 d
- Analog Devices · 14 open roles · median 27 d
How we counted: 517 open AI/ML Hardware Engineering (AI ML Hardware) roles from 75 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 Sept 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.