HPC Systems Graduate Student Intern

Come join our team at Jefferson Lab, where great minds matter.

Posting Date: 02/27/2026
Range: $36,920 - $45,700 (SI-III)
Work type: 4 weeks dedicated on-site; 6 weeks virtual
This is a 10 week short-term summer internship employment opportunity focused on high-performance computing (HPC) systems.

What your job will be like:
The intern will work at the intersection of HPC networking, system telemetry and performance modeling. As a close-to-the-metal systems developer, the intern will design, implement, and evaluate software tools for monitoring, analyzing, and optimizing HPC systems, with an emphasis on emerging architectures, high-speed interconnects, and data-intensive workloads.

In this role you will:

• Apply system-level software for monitoring and analyzing high performance, near real time data flows
• Measure and optimize performance of hardware/software stacks to meet customer requirements for throughput, latency, and quality of service in applications where there may be little precedent
• Conduct research-oriented projects by documenting experimental methodology and results; producing reproducible research artifacts, technical reports that can be extended to conference or workshop paper submissions in HPC and systems research venues
• Collaborate with division, scientific staff, and staff at peer institutions to profile complex network issues
  

Qualifications We Require:
Education

• Bachelor's Degree In Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant field
• Must be enrolled in a graduate level Master's Degree program pursuing Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant field

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Familiarity with networking or scheduling concepts in large-scale systems
• Able to communicate complex technical issues clearly, both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work collaboratively across knowledge domains
• Proficiency in systems programming languages (e.g., Python, C/C++, Bash)
• Understanding of HPC architectures (compute, network, storage)
• Working knowledge of Linux systems and performance tuning
• Experience with HPC systems, clusters, or large-scale distributed environment is preferred
• Prior research or systems programming experience is preferred
• Exposure to performance monitoring, profiling, or system telemetry tools is preferred

About Jefferson Lab

Join a community with a common purpose of solving the most challenging scientific and engineering problems of our time. The Jefferson Lab campus is located in southeastern Virginia amidst a vibrant and growing technology community.

A career at Jefferson Lab is more than a job. You will be part of "big science" and work alongside top scientists and engineers from around the world unlocking the secrets of our visible universe. Managed by Jefferson Science Associates, LLC; Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility is entering an exciting period of mission growth and is seeking new team members ready to apply their skills and passion to have an impact. You could call it work, or you could call it a mission. We call it a challenge. We do things that will change the world.

Jefferson Science Associates, LLC (JSA) manages and operates the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab).

JSA is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities (unless doing so will result in an undue hardship). If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an e-mail to employment @ jlab.org or call (757) 269-7598 to provide the nature of your request. Reasonable accommodations are considered on a case-by-case basis.

Employment with JSA is conditional upon DOE approval if at any time during your employment you are participating in a Foreign Government Talent Recruitment Program or Affiliated activity. Generally, such programs/activities include any foreign-state-sponsored attempt to acquire U.S.-funded scientific research through programs run or funded by the government that target scientists, engineers, students, academics, researchers, and entrepreneurs of all nationalities working or educated in the United States. This includes positions or appointments, both domestic and foreign, titled academic, professional, or institutional appointments whether or not remuneration is received and whether full-time, part-time or voluntary.