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2026 PhD Software Development Engineer Co-Op/Intern

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AMD is a company dedicated to building innovative products that enhance computing experiences. They are seeking a Software Development Engineering intern/co-op to participate in the research and development of next-generation product features, working closely with ML/AI engineers to optimize hardware models using advanced frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • We will involve you in the analysis and prototyping of the capabilities of single- and multi-agent Large Language Model-based frameworks to optimize C++ Hardware models so that they can be efficiently implemented using the Vitis High Level Synthesis tool
  • We will assign you the tasks of identifying existing research tools and frameworks to address this problem
  • We will help you in selecting one to be used during the internship for the specific problem of optimizing various kinds of single and multiple loop nests, with the goal of improving their performance by rewriting the code to expose more parallelism and satisfying the Vitis HLS coding guidelines
  • We will assist you when implementing and evaluating the results of such optimizations applied to a set of benchmark designs

Skills

  • You are currently enrolled in a US based University in a PhD program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience on parallelizing compiler development
  • Ability to develop complex C++ code
  • Experience on using High-Level Synthesis tools to design hardware
  • Experience on using LLMs for coding

Benefits

  • AMD benefits at a glance.

Company Overview

  • Advanced Micro Devices is a semiconductor company that designs and develops graphics units, processors, and media solutions. It was founded in 1969, and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.amd.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • AMD has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 836 in 2025, 770 in 2024, 551 in 2023, 739 in 2022, 519 in 2021, 547 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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