Cambridge Systems Intern

Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom

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Date posted
Mar 01, 2025
Job number
1812115
Work site
Up to 50% work from home
Travel
0-25 %
Role type
Individual Contributor
Profession
Research, Applied, & Data Sciences
Discipline
Research Sciences
Employment type
Internship

Overview

Systems and networking research internship at the Future of AI Infrastructure team at MSR Cambridge, an interdisciplinary team spanning systems and networking, AI, electronics, optics, and physics. We are looking for strong candidates with a Computer Science (preferably systems/networking) background with skills in systems/distributed systems/ML systems.

Qualifications

Required/Minimum Qualifications:

  • Masters or PHD in Computer Science / Computer Engineering
  • Research experience in a topic related to the internship, i.e. systems and networking. For example: distributed systems, systems for ML, networking.

Preferred/Additional Qualifications:

  • Currently enrolled in or accepted to a Ph.D. program in Computer Science / Computer Engineering with a research focus in systems and networking.

Responsibilities

As part of a large interdisciplinary project, you will solve research problems and build systems/prototypes that will advance the state of the art in AI infrastructures. Specifically there is a range of interesting research problems on how best to exploit recent and future advances in connectivity to maximize GPU utilization and overall performance. E.g., network topologies that exploit new interconnects and circuit switches to maximize performance per dollar or per watt; new ways to use a memory hierarchy that includes slower/remote/disaggregated memories; efficient ways to schedule and multiplex inference workloads that vary widely in their compute/memory/networking demands; techniques to use heterogenous compute hardware.


Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
Industry leading healthcare
Educational resources
Discounts on products and services
Savings and investments
Maternity and paternity leave
Generous time away
Giving programs
Opportunities to network and connect

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, immigration status, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran or military status, race, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application process, read more about requesting accommodations.