Summer Research Intern 2027 - Edge communications processing with AI accelerators
Yorktown Heights, NY
Internship
Onsite
$89K/yr - $164K/yr
Intern
IBM Research advances artificial intelligence through accelerator architectures, software, and hardware-software co-design. The Summer Research Intern will develop and optimize AI workloads for custom accelerator architectures, focusing on efficient inference, kernel development, and performance analysis for edge communication and computing systems. The role includes mapping signal-processing and communication algorithms to specialized platforms and collaborating with researchers across AI systems, computer architecture, and communications.
Responsibilities
Develop and optimize AI kernels and inference workloads for custom accelerator architectures
Evaluate and benchmark performance, efficiency, and scalability across representative workloads
Explore mappings of signal-processing and communication algorithms onto specialized computing platforms
Prototype and implement algorithms using low-level programming techniques and hardware-aware software optimization
Collaborate with researchers across AI systems, computer architecture, and communications domains
Contribute to the identification of new opportunities for AI acceleration in performant communication and computing applications operating at the edge
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
Strong programming skills and experience with low-level software development and performance optimization
Strong foundations in mathematics, algorithms, and numerical methods
Experience with AI inference, machine learning systems, signal processing, or related computational workloads
Familiarity with digital systems, computer architecture, accelerator architectures, DSP architectures, or FPGA-based implementations
Demonstrated ability to independently develop, prototype, and evaluate complex technical solut
Preferred
Master's Degree
Experience implementing and optimizing algorithms on custom computing platforms, accelerators, FPGAs, DSPs, or related systems
Familiarity with AI accelerator architectures, domain-specific architectures, or hardware/software co-design methodologies
Experience with kernel development, performance analysis, profiling, and benchmarking
Knowledge of machine learning models and inference frameworks
Background in wireless communications, communication systems, computer vision, sensor processing, or related domains
Demonstrated research experience through publications, open-source contributions, or significant technical projects
Benefits
Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays
Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for a minimum of 56 hours paid sick time
Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan
IBM offers paid family medical leave to eligible employees where required by applicable law
IBM offers disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
IBM provides technology and consulting, including software, infrastructure systems, and cloud-based solutions.
