Software Systems Intern - HP IQ
About The Position
As a Software Engineering Intern on the Systems team at HP IQ, you’ll work on low-level software that sits close to the hardware and helps power intelligent experiences across HP products. The role is suited to students interested in understanding complex systems, working across multiple layers of the software stack, investigating performance bottlenecks, optimizing system behavior, and developing software that interacts closely with hardware and system resources. The intern may build and optimize systems software, improve performance and reliability, work on data processing and sensor pipelines, analyze memory and resource usage, contribute to build systems and tooling, debug system-level issues, and collaborate with firmware, electrical engineering, and software teams. The intern will own a technical project from exploration and implementation through testing and evaluation.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or a related technical field.
- Programming experience in C and/or C++.
- Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.
- Familiarity with systems concepts such as memory management, operating systems, concurrency, computer architecture, or performance optimization.
- Experience building, debugging, or optimizing technically complex software through coursework, research, internships, or personal projects.
- Interest in understanding software at a deeper systems level and working close to hardware.
- Ability to break down complex technical problems and clearly communicate your approach.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with modern C++.
- Experience with Android development, especially native apps or AOSP.
- Experience with Linux Kernel driver development.
- Experience porting reference algorithms to hardware accelerators such as GPUs or DSPs.
- Familiarity with ARM System-on-Chip (SOC) architecture.
- Experience developing bare-metal firmware for microcontrollers.
- Ability to use common lab equipment, such as logic analyzers, to debug low-level software issues.
Responsibilities
- Build and optimize low-level systems software using languages such as C and C++.
- Investigate performance bottlenecks and improve the speed, efficiency, and reliability of existing systems.
- Work on data processing and sensor pipelines connecting software with underlying hardware.
- Analyze and improve memory usage, resource management, and system performance.
- Work across multiple layers of the software stack and assess how components affect overall system behavior.
- Contribute to build systems, libraries, tooling, and system configuration.
- Debug complex software and system-level issues.
- Partner with firmware, electrical engineering, and other software teams to solve cross-functional technical problems.
- Own a meaningful technical project from exploration and implementation through testing and evaluation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
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