Accelerated Compute Systems Performance Architect Intern - 2027
NVIDIAJob Title
Accelerated Compute Systems Performance Architect Intern - 2027
Role Summary
Work on performance analysis and optimization for accelerated compute systems targeting current and next-generation NVIDIA GPUs. Collaborate with hardware design, software engineering, product, and research teams to guide software-hardware co-design and improve application performance.
Experience Level
Internship — entry-level, student internship role (short-term full-time intern placement).
Responsibilities
The role focuses on performance characterization, optimization, and cross-team collaboration to improve GPU-accelerated applications and architectures.
- Analyze and optimize performance on current and next-generation NVIDIA GPUs.
- Study interactions between hardware and software architectures for core algorithms and programming models.
- Collaborate with hardware, software, product, and research teams to influence system direction.
- Investigate accelerated computing applications to enable software-hardware co-design.
- Document and present results via technical reports, conference papers, blog posts, or patent filings as appropriate.
Requirements
Must-have technical skills and attributes for successful performance in the internship.
- Demonstrated interest and aptitude for performance analysis and optimization.
- Hands-on experience with massively parallel GPU programming models (e.g., CUDA or OpenCL).
- Solid understanding of GPU and computer systems architecture.
- Proficiency in C and C++; strong software design, programming techniques, and algorithms skills.
- Good communication, organization, problem-solving, and time-management skills.
- Nice to have: familiarity with multi-node communication APIs (MPI, OpenSHMEM, NVSHMEM) and Python.
Education Requirements
Pursuing a B.Sc., M.Sc., or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical discipline.
About the Company
Company: NVIDIA
Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, USA
NVIDIA is a global leader in accelerated computing, renowned for its innovative solutions in AI and digital twins that transform diverse industries. The company specializes in networking technologies, providing end-to-end InfiniBand and Ethernet solutions for servers and storage that optimize performance and scalability. NVIDIA serves sectors such as high-performance computing, enterprise data centers, and cloud computing, constantly reinventing its products and services to stay ahead in the market.
