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Department Overview
The Storage and Memory Systems (SMS) Pathfinding team explores future memory and storage technologies that enable next-generation AI, high-performance computing, and data-centric systems. By studying emerging AI workloads, system architectures, and memory technologies, the team helps define innovations that shape the future of computing platforms and memory solutions.
Position Overview
As an intern in the Storage and Memory Systems (SMS) Pathfinding team, you will research emerging AI workloads, evaluate future memory and storage architectures, and analyze how evolving system requirements impact next-generation technologies. You will collaborate with architects, researchers, and engineers to model, benchmark, and assess innovative concepts that influence Micron's long-term memory and storage roadmap.
Responsibilities
- Research emerging AI models, workloads, and computing architectures to understand future memory and storage requirements.
- Analyze tradeoffs between performance, power, cost, bandwidth, capacity, latency, and scalability across AI systems.
- Develop models, simulations, benchmarks, and analytical tools to evaluate next-generation memory and storage concepts.
- Characterize AI workloads running on CPUs, GPUs, accelerators, and memory-centric computing platforms.
- Collaborate with architects and engineers to assess new technologies, communicate findings, and support proof-of-concept evaluations.
Minimum Qualifications
- 0-2 years of relevant experience through internships, research projects, academic coursework, or technical projects in computer architecture, AI/ML, high-performance computing, or memory systems.
- Currently pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- Strong understanding of computer architecture, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or high-performance computing concepts.
- Experience with Python and modern AI/ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or similar technologies.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of memory systems, caching, memory hierarchies, DRAM technologies, and system performance bottlenecks.
- Experience with performance analysis, benchmarking, profiling, simulation, or system modeling methodologies.
- Familiarity with GPU computing, accelerators, heterogeneous computing systems, or AI infrastructure.
- Understanding of AI model architectures, training workflows, inference systems, and workload characterization techniques.
- Experience applying AI-enabled tools and technologies to research, software development, data analysis, or engineering productivity workflows.
As a world leader in the semiconductor industry, Micron is dedicated to your personal wellbeing and professional growth. Micron benefits are designed to help you stay well, provide peace of mind and help you prepare for the future. We offer a choice of medical, dental and vision plans in all locations enabling team members to select the plans that best meet their family healthcare needs and budget. Micron also provides benefit programs that help protect your income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury, and paid family leave. Additionally, Micron benefits include a robust paid time-off program and paid holidays. For additional information regarding the Benefit programs available, please see the Benefits Guide posted on micron.com/careers/benefits.
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