Summer 2027 PhD Technical Program Manager, AI Research Intern - CA, Santa Clara, United States
Originally posted 21 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role supports AI research roadmaps and experiment schedules within the AI ecosystem. As an intern, you will gain real-world experience on projects that impact millions of end-users worldwide.
What you'll do
- Support research roadmaps, milestones, experiment schedules, and dependency tracking.
- Coordinate datasets, evaluation systems, compute requirements, and deliverables across teams.
- Organize experiment reviews, decision records, and follow-up actions.
- Track benchmark performance, reproducibility, stability, risks, and blockers.
- Support GPU capacity planning and experiment prioritization.
- Prepare concise program updates for technical and leadership audiences.
What you'll need
- Currently pursuing a PhD in a technical or related field.
- Foundational understanding of machine learning, reinforcement learning, generative AI, or ML systems.
- Experience coordinating technical projects through coursework, research, internships, or extracurricular activities.
- Ability to manage ambiguous work and collaborate with researchers and engineers.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI research, machine-learning, or software-engineering projects.
- Familiarity with LLM post-training, RLHF, preference optimization, reward modeling, or AI agents.
Skills: research roadmaps, milestones, experiment schedules, dependency tracking, GPU capacity planning, program updates
This role has been open 20 days — well below the 65-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
64
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Median days open
65 d
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Median salary
$245k
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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 (64 roles · 17 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 8 | 64 |
| Median days open | 38 d | 65 d (−27 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $245k |
Skills observed across this category: research roadmaps, milestones, experiment schedules, dependency tracking, GPU capacity planning, program updates
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 17 open roles · median 78 d
- AMD (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 38 d
- Micron Technology · 8 open roles · median 45 d
- Qualcomm · 8 open roles · median 70 d
- Lam Research · 4 open roles · median 62 d
- Tenstorrent · 4 open roles · median 60 d
How we counted: 64 open Technical Program Management (AI ML Hardware) roles from 17 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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. Figures refresh nightly.