Job Details:

Job Description:

The Role and Impact
At Intel, innovation begins with the development of cutting-edge systems and solutions tailored to meet today's complex challenges. As a Xeon IO Performance Engineering Undergraduate Intern, you will play a vital role in developing Xeon AI performance across diverse product segments. Working alongside Intel's world-class engineering teams, you will gain hands-on experience applying IO engineering principles to troubleshoot, design, and optimize networks, ensuring seamless solutions for Intel's customers. This opportunity will allow you to build valuable skills, explore career paths, and contribute meaningfully to projects that support Intel's transformative business goals.

Key Responsibilities
You will work on a subset of the following, depending on project needs:
Xeon I/O Performance Development, optimization and validation (Top-Down)

Execute I/O performance validation and analyze KPIs (throughput, IOPS, latency, tail latency) and identify performance gaps across silicon/firmware/OS/driver/application layers.
Drive debugging with hypothesis-based analysis, propose optimization ideas, and help evaluate improvements using controlled experiments.
Identify the IO performance bottleneck and opportunities to improve IO performance per product segment.

Product Customer Co-Validation Support
Support local product I/O performance development and validation efforts, including platform-level I/O performance validation for programs such as Gem Mountain.
Assist in China CSP customer I/O performance co-validation and contribute to performance issue closure from the PTP perspective.
Help mitigate single-point-of-failure risk by contributing to coverage in key I/O domains (e.g., NIC, NVMe, GPU I/O related performance topics

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications

Currently pursuing a Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
Solid CPU and system architecture knowledge, especially PCIe.
Solid Linux fundamentals (command line, process/file system basics, performance observation mindset).
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; ability to work independently and communicate progress/issues clearly.
Good English verbal and writing skills to collaborate with local and global stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications (Nice to Have)

Operating systems / kernel / storage stack / networking, AI GPU system
Performance profiling methodologies and experiment

Familiarity with any of the following is a plus:
Storage, network, GPUs I/O benchmarking (e.g., FIO) and system performance tools
Understanding of modern I/O software paths. (exposure is sufficient; deep expertise not required).
Direct GPU AI system design and development.

Job Type:

Student / Intern

Shift:

Shift 1 (China)

Primary Location:

PRC, Shanghai

Additional Locations:

Business group:

The Sales and Marketing Group (SMG) leverages the product portfolio to drive Intel's revenue growth and market expansion, blending strategic initiatives with dynamic sales efforts to capture and retain customers. SMG is responsible for empowering the sales force with tools and insights needed to close deals and build lasting customer relationships. Sales analytics and market research ensure strategies are both targeted and impactful. In SMG, disciplined execution, creativity, and ambition are celebrated, providing ample opportunities for career advancement and skill development.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Work Model for this Role

This role will require an on-site presence. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

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