[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Meta Platforms jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Meta Platforms · Menlo Park, CA # Research Scientist Intern, AI & System Co-Design (PhD) Menlo Park, California, US Internship or early career Early career Design Listed on Meta Platforms’s official careers site. Posted October 13, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Meta Platforms’s careers site →](https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/1062032900196411/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Meta Platforms](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/) / Research Scientist Intern, AI & System Co-Design (PhD) ## Job description The AI System SW/HW Co-design team’s mission is to explore, develop, and help productize high-performance software and hardware technologies for AI at datacenter scale. We achieve this via concurrent design, performance projection, and optimization of many aspects of the system such as models, algorithms, numerics, performance, and AI hardware including compute, networking, and storage. We drive the AI HW roadmap at Meta and ensure our existing and future AI workloads and software are well optimized and suited for new infrastructure. The team works across HW types (GPUs, ASICs), workload types (Recommendation Models, LLM, LDM) and workloads (Training & Inference). See our webpage [https://aisystemcodesign.github.io](https://aisystemcodesign.github.io) for a broader introduction to how we operate as well as our recent publications. We’re a diverse group of problem solvers driven by a culture of experimentation and innovation. As a Research Scientist Intern, you will be a key member of a team of innovators, working on leading AI workloads and distributed systems, and developing architectures to enable the future of AI SW/HW co-design. Our team at Meta AI offers twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) weeks long internships and we have various start dates throughout the year. To learn more about our research, visit [https://ai.facebook.com](https://ai.facebook.com). ## Responsibilities Lead and support research that accelerates ML applications over one or more of software, system and accelerator architectures, optimizing training and/or inference of next generation AI workloads at Meta. Work towards long-term ambitious research goals, while identifying intermediate milestones. Lead and collaborate on research projects with other researchers and engineers across diverse disciplines. Communicate research agenda, progress and results. Influence progress of relevant research communities by producing publications. ## Qualifications Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in the field of Computer Science or a related STEM field - Strong knowledge of Hardware Architecture,Distributed systems, and AI Frameworks with interest in one or more of High Performance Computing, Numerics, Performance, and AI hardware including compute, networking, and storage - Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment - Track record of achieving results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as MICRO, ISCA, HPCA, ASPLOS, ATC, SOSP, OSDI, NSDI, MLSys, Neurips, ICML, ICLR, or similar Experience or knowledge in developing and debugging in C/C++, Python and/or PyTorch Experience driving original scholarship in collaboration with a team Experience leading a team in solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches Experience in theoretical and empirical research and for answering questions with research Experience communicating research for public audiences of peers Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment Intent to return to the degree program after the completion of the internship/co-op ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 13, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 18, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 5 days - Location: Menlo Park, California, US - Employment type: Internship or early career[Apply on Meta Platforms’s careers site →](https://www.metacareers.com/jobs/1062032900196411/) ## More jobs at Meta Platforms ### [Research Scientist Intern, Systems ML - SW/HW Co-Design - CPUSys (PhD)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/db05a8d642e707dc58b4/) Menlo Park, California, US ### [Signal Integrity Intern](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/ba2c0f548af35245b38a/) Menlo Park, California, US ### [Application Engineer, Salesforce](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/d9335707c0de5397c5a8/) Menlo Park, California, US ### [Business Operations Manager, Infrastructure Data Centers](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/6be16a9a243e95c21cde/) Menlo Park, California, US ### [Data Scientist, Meta Superintelligence Labs (Safety)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/meta-platforms/jobs/9e28422b05774ad77bea/) Menlo Park, California, US ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Research Scientist – Power System Operation](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hitachi/jobs/498c08c3c6f1bf8a21a1/) Hitachi · Raleigh, NC, United States ### [Research Scientist 2](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/humana/jobs/ec75b9eedca849c2c7ce/) Humana · Remote, Nationwide ### [Senior Research Scientist - Bioanalytical LCMS Research and Development](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific/jobs/e9e321eedbccee5ebefa/) Thermo Fisher Scientific · Richmond, Virginia, United States of America ### [Research Scientist - E2](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/lockheed-martin/jobs/428dcbbf358b2086a059/) Lockheed Martin · Louisville, CO ### [Data Scientist, Operations Research](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/cardinal-health/jobs/ce82441f816d003d13aa/) Cardinal Health · International [Jobs in Menlo Park, CA](/locations/us/ca/menlo-park/)[Jobs in California](/locations/us-ca/)[Design jobs](/functions/design/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. Dates come from the employer where stated; “first seen” and “last checked” are our own observations. OpenNash Jobs · Official listings with dates and links to the employer. [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [Methodology](/methodology/)