System Architect and Design Engineer Intern

$63,000 - $166,000/Yr

Intel - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Intern

Hybrid - Santa Clara, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The System Architect and Design Engineer Intern position at Intel involves researching and developing advanced machine learning hardware accelerator architectures. The intern will engage in pre- and post-silicon activities, lead innovations for model efficiency, and collaborate with various teams to analyze next-generation requirements in AI and ML. This hybrid role requires a weekly on-site presence in Santa Clara, California, and is aimed at Ph.D. students in STEM fields.

Responsibilities

• Research, evaluate and develop machine learning hardware accelerator architecture and design.
• Provide comprehensive solutions and support pre- and post-silicon activities in multiple domains.
• Lead systems innovations to advance model efficiency for edge and cloud deployments.
• Conduct rigorous workload-driven architecture exploration and design optimization using simulation and emulation techniques.
• Impact the AI product roadmap based on understanding of AI and ML algorithms and customer requirements.
• Collaborate with product and algorithm teams to analyze next generation requirements and opportunities.
• Perform platform research in ML, including compute in memory and edge-cloud distributed learning.
• Develop complex performance and power models using ML/AI techniques.
• Collect and analyze design performance and power data on pre and post-silicon platforms.
• Work closely with customer-facing and architectural design teams to validate performance and power of next generation silicon products.

Requirements

• Must be pursuing a Ph.D. degree in any STEM related field.
• 3+ months of knowledge or experience in computer architecture, digital design, and ML/AI.

Nice-to-haves

• Strong interest from the candidate's advisor to partner with Intel on foundational research.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Stock options
• Bonuses
• Health benefits
• Retirement plans
• Vacation time