Microsoft Research Intern - Optical Technologies 

United States, California, Mountain View 

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• Currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or Optical Engineering or a related STEM field.

Other Requirements

• Research Interns are expected to be physically located in their manager’s Microsoft worksite location for the duration of their internship.
• In addition to the qualifications below, you’ll need to submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position as well as a cover letter and any relevant work or research samples. After you submit your application, a request for letters may be sent to your list of references on your behalf. Note that reference letters cannot be requested until after you have submitted your application, and furthermore, that they might not be automatically requested for all candidates. You may wish to alert your letter writers in advance, so they will be ready to submit your letter.

• PhD research involves optical technologies or their applications to datacenter networks or interconnects.
• Proficient programming skills in Python or equivalent languages.
• Academic work includes combination of datacenter systems architecture, networking and/or interconnects.
• Familiarity with AI training and inference scale-up and scale-out requirements.
• Familiarity with writing system-level simulators that can help evaluate topologies for AI-centric workloads.
• Specialization in Optical Circuit Switches.
• Ability to author high quality publications with prior exposure to top industry conferences.
• Proficient communication and presentation skills.

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