Intern, Architect - Analysis of AI Workloads & Network Communication Protocols

Ayar Labs • San Jose, CA

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Ayar Labs is seeking a graduate intern to join its architecture team within the Office of the CTO. The intern will deploy inference and agentic workloads on data center clusters and benchmark their performance, and architect and develop specifications for network communication protocol stack layers in Ayar Labs' optical engines. Projects are tailored to the intern's experience and interests. The intern will be mentored by a senior engineer and work alongside Ayar Labs engineers. The internship term is May to August 2027, and the position is on-site at the San Jose office. Immigration support is not available except for F1, and relocation support is not available.

Requirements

• Experience deploying AI workloads on different data center platforms and benchmarking performance.
• Familiarity with profiling and instrumentation tools such as Nvidia Nsight / Nsys, GPGPU-Sim, and LLVM-based tooling.
• Experience with memory semantic fabrics and network communication protocols such as AXI, CHI, UALink, ESUN, 802.3 Ethernet, UCIe, and PCIe.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively, manage time effectively, and take project tasks to completion.
• Actively pursuing an M.S. or Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or an equivalent field.

Responsibilities

• Deploy inference and agentic workloads on data center clusters.
• Benchmark the performance of AI workloads.
• Architect and develop specifications for network communication protocol stack layers in Ayar Labs' optical engines.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern