CrawlJobs Logo
Microsoft Corporation Logo Microsoft Corporation · Research and Development

Research Intern - AI Hardware

Canada, Vancouver 5600.00 - 10000.00 CAD / Month · Job Posted April 01, 2026
Apply Position
Job Link Share

Job Description

Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers, who pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment.

Job Responsibility

  • Research and Analysis: Conduct thorough research on chip architectures for efficient AI serving
  • Documentation and Reporting: Prepare detailed documentation of simulations, methodologies, and findings. Present results and insights to team members and stakeholders
  • Innovation and Problem-Solving: In-depth knowledge and understanding across different disciplines, proficient problem formulation and problem-solving skills

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in a Master or Ph.D. program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
  • Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship
  • submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples

Nice to have

  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic and vibrant research environment
  • Willingness to embrace knowledge outside your field of research interest
  • Experience in conducting research in the fields of Computer Architecture and HW design
  • Experience in conducting experiments and writing papers
  • Programming skills in C/C++ and Python
  • Knowledge of ML/AI/LLM concepts
  • Relevant publications such as ISCA, MICRO, ASPLOS, HPCA, CVPR, ACL, ICML, NeurIPS, etc.
Microsoft Corporation - All Job Offers

Looking for more opportunities?

Search for other job offers that match your skills and interests.

Suggested Tags: Frontend Developer Secretary Talent Manager Salesforce Administrator Data Analyst
Similar Jobs for

Research Intern - AI Hardware

8 matching positions

Research Intern - AI Hardware

Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research car...
Location
Location
United States , Redmond
Salary
Salary:
5610.00 - 11010.00 USD / Month
https://www.microsoft.com/ Logo
Microsoft Corporation
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Currently enrolled in a Master or Ph.D. program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
  • Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic and vibrant research environment
  • Willingness to embrace knowledge outside your field of research interest
  • Experience in conducting research in the fields of Computer Architecture and HW design
  • Experience in conducting experiments and writing papers
  • Programming skills in C/C++ and Python
  • Knowledge of Machine Learning/AI/Large Language Model concepts
  • Relevant publications such as ISCA, MICRO, ASPLOS, HPCA, CVPR, ACL, ICML, NeurIPS, etc.
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Research and Analysis: Conduct thorough research on chip architectures for efficient AI serving
  • Documentation and Reporting: Prepare detailed documentation of simulations, methodologies, and findings. Present results and insights to team members and stakeholders
  • Innovation and Problem-Solving: in-depth knowledge and understanding across different disciplines, proficient problem formulation and problem-solving skills
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right

Research Intern - AI Frameworks (Network Systems and Tools)

Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research car...
Location
Location
United States , Redmond
Salary
Salary:
6710.00 - 13270.00 USD / Month
https://www.microsoft.com/ Logo
Microsoft Corporation
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Research experience in areas such as computer architecture, AI/ML systems, performance modeling, distributed systems, or hardware–software co-design
  • Programming skills in Python, C/C++ with experience building prototypes, simulators, or performance analysis tools
  • Familiarity with modern AI workloads and/or deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch)
  • Demonstrated ability to define and pursue original research directions in AI systems or architecture
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with researchers across disciplines and work in cross-group, cross-cultural environments
  • Proficient communication and presentation skills for sharing complex technical insights
  • Ability to think creatively and approach system and architecture challenges with unconventional or innovative solutions
  • Experience with PyTorch, CUDA, Triton, or performance-simulation tools
  • Background in large-scale system design, AI inference bottleneck analysis, or modeling cost/performance tradeoffs
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Investigate and evaluate emerging disaggregated KV cache architectures
  • Implement a hierarchical storage architecture with multiple tiers GPU Memory: Active working set of KV caches currently used by the model CPU DRAM: Hot cache for recently used KV chunks using pinned memory for efficient GPU-CPU transfers Local Storage: Large-scale local caching (NVMe, local disk)
  • Build Peer-to-Peer (P2P) service KV cache sharing architecture that enables direct, high-performance cache transfer between multiple LLM serving instances without requiring centralized cache servers
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right

Research Intern - AI Systems & Architecture

Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research car...
Location
Location
United States , Mountain View
Salary
Salary:
6710.00 - 13270.00 USD / Month
https://www.microsoft.com/ Logo
Microsoft Corporation
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship
  • submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Investigate emerging AI system architectures and analyze how hardware, software, and model behavior interact across large-scale inference workloads
  • Develop and evaluate analytical or simulation-based performance models to identify system bottlenecks, scalability limits, and optimization opportunities
  • Prototype or assess new inference mechanisms, including disaggregated execution, sparse/expert model scaling, and hierarchical attention techniques
  • Explore next-generation accelerator, memory-architecture, and interconnect technologies, assessing their architectural trade-offs and cost implications
  • Conduct experiments, synthesize research findings, and communicate results to mentors and collaborating researchers
  • Collaborate with fellow interns and researchers to advance new ideas in AI systems and architectural design
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right

Research Intern - AI Systems and Tools

Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research car...
Location
Location
United States , Redmond
Salary
Salary:
6710.00 - 13270.00 USD / Month
https://www.microsoft.com/ Logo
Microsoft Corporation
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Currently enrolled in PhD program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related STEM field
  • At least 1 year of experience in conducting research, writing peer-reviewed publications and software development
  • At least 1 year of experience with software development in C++
  • Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship
  • Submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Work on multiple levels of the AI system and infrastructure stack, with an emphasis on developer tools for Microsoft's custom Maia AI hardware
  • Work on device firmware, software running on the host, as well as higher level analysis and integration with AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch
  • Work with partner teams to build new tools that help developers author highly efficient kernels for state-of-the-art models to execute on AI accelerators
  • Learn, collaborate, and network for life
  • Collaborate with other Research Interns and researchers, present findings, and contribute to the vibrant life of the community
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right

Research Scientist Intern, AI & Compute Foundation - MTIA Software

The MTIA (Meta Training & Inference Accelerator) Software team is part of the AI...
Location
Location
Canada , Toronto
Salary
Salary:
6240.00 - 10334.00 CAD / Month
meta.com Logo
Meta
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, PhD degree in the field of Computer Science or a related STEM field
  • C/C++ programming skills
  • Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
  • Knowledge of Computer Architecture and Distributed systems with interest in one or more of High Performance Computing, Numerics, Performance and AI hardware including compute, networking and storage
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Development of Software stack with one of the following core focus areas: AI frameworks, compiler stack, high performance kernel development and acceleration onto next generation of hardware architectures
  • Contribute to the development of the industry-leading PyTorch AI framework core compilers to support new state of the art inference and training AI hardware accelerators and optimize their performance
  • Analyze deep learning networks, develop & implement compiler optimization algorithms
  • Collaborating with AI research scientists to accelerate the next generation of deep learning models such as Recommendation systems, Generative AI, Computer vision, NLP etc
  • Performance tuning and optimizations of deep learning framework & software components
Read More
Arrow Right

Research Scientist Intern, AI & System Co-Design

The AI System SW/HW Co-design team’s mission is to explore, develop, and help pr...
Location
Location
United States , Menlo Park
Salary
Salary:
7650.00 - 12134.00 USD / Month
meta.com Logo
Meta
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in the field of Computer Science or a related STEM field
  • Knowledge of Hardware Architecture and Distributed systems with interest in one or more of High Performance Computing, Numerics, Performance, and AI hardware including compute, networking, and storage
  • 2+ years experience in one or more of High Performance Computing, Numerics, Performance and AI hardware including compute, networking and storage
  • Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Lead and support research that accelerates ML applications over one or more of software, system and accelerator architectures, optimizing training and/or inference of next generation AI workloads here at Meta
  • Work towards long-term ambitious research goals, while identifying intermediate milestones
  • Lead and collaborate on research projects with other researchers and engineers across diverse disciplines
  • Communicate research agenda, progress and results
  • Influence progress of relevant research communities by producing publications
Read More
Arrow Right

Research Scientist Intern, Multimodal Contextual AI

At Reality Labs, our team brings novel experiences to life on Meta’s AR devices....
Location
Location
United States , Sunnyvale
Salary
Salary:
7313.00 - 12134.00 USD / Month
meta.com Logo
Meta
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
  • Programming and simulation experience with languages such as C/C++ and Python
  • Experience with computer architecture and HW/SW co-design and co-optimization
  • Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain on-going work authorization during employment
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Build and characterize experimental HW+SW systems on AR devices and device prototypes
  • Develop embedded firmware and software in RTOS and mobile operating systems, e.g. AOSP
  • Collaborate with other researchers and engineers across various disciplines
Read More
Arrow Right

Research Intern - Data Center and AI Networking

Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research car...
Location
Location
United States , Redmond
Salary
Salary:
6710.00 - 13270.00 USD / Month
https://www.microsoft.com/ Logo
Microsoft Corporation
Expiration Date
Until further notice
Flip Icon
Requirements
Requirements
  • Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science or a related STEM field
  • Background in computer networking with a strong understanding of transport protocols, congestion control
  • Familiarity with network simulation environments (e.g., NS3, OMNET++) or experience with hardware RTL development (Verilog/VHDL) and prototyping (FPGA / ASIC)
  • Experience building networked systems and programming networking hardware, e.g. NICs and/or switches in datacenters
Job Responsibility
Job Responsibility
  • Engage early with their mentors to clearly formulate a plan of work for the 12 weeks of the Research Internship
  • Clearly and frequently document and communicate their progress, adjusting the plan as the project evolves
  • Show initiative and think unconventionally to derive creative and innovative solutions
  • Fulltime
Read More
Arrow Right