AI Compiler and Kernel Intern

Nvidia

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TL;DR · AI Compiler and Kernel Intern

JOB TITLE: AI Compiler and Kernel Intern – Summer 2027 The AI Compiler and Kernel Intern will join a team of compiler, kernel, and AI engineers to work on a scoped project involving code, compiler and kernel feedback, performance experiments, and optimization. You will build AI-agent workflows that interact with code, benchmarks, and engineering systems to identify optimization opportunities and recommend next steps. Responsibilities include developing tools for data collection, exploring data-driven approaches for compiler optimization, and prototyping improvements to code generation and GPU kernels. You will use Python, C, and C++ to solve problems in AI, machine learning, compilers, and accelerator programming. The role focuses on performance engineering, including measuring runtime performance, resource utilization, and reliability across representative workloads using technologies like LLVM, MLIR, CUDA, and Triton.

What you'll do

  • Build AI-agent workflows that interact with code, compilers, GPU kernels, and performance tools.
  • Develop tools for agents to collect data, run experiments, and identify optimization opportunities.
  • Explore data-driven approaches for compiler optimization, GPU kernel generation, and performance prediction.
  • Build reliable interfaces between AI agents and compiler or developer-tool infrastructure.
  • Prototype improvements to compiler flows, code generation, and GPU kernels.
  • Measure correctness, runtime performance, compile time, and resource utilization on representative workloads.
  • Document the design, experiments, results, limitations, and next steps for all projects.

What we're looking for

  • Pursuing a BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a similar field.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, C, C++, or a similar language.
  • Solid foundations in data structures, algorithms, software engineering, and quantitative problem solving.
  • Coursework, research, or project experience in AI, machine learning, compilers, GPU kernels, CUDA, or performance engineering.
  • Ability to design experiments, analyze results, investigate technical problems, and communicate findings clearly.
  • Experience working in AI, compiler, kernel, performance, or systems areas with the ability to learn across technical boundaries.
  • Experience building AI agents, LLM applications, evaluation systems, coding workflows, or developer tools (preferred).
  • Experience with LLVM, MLIR, CUDA, Triton, reinforcement learning, or high-dimensional data analysis (preferred).

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