{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"3e9c8cc323ece4637c255afe","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3e9c8cc323ece4637c255afe","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/3e9c8cc323ece4637c255afe","title":"AI Software Development Engineer - Intern","description":"AI Engineer – Agentic AI Systems (Fall Intern) Why This Role Matters: AI is shifting from models to autonomous systems. At Altera, we are building agentic AI platforms tightly coupled with FPGA acceleration, enabling intelligent systems that can reason, act, and scale in real-world environments. What You'll Work On Build Real Agentic AI Systems: develop LLM-powered agents that use tools, APIs, and data to complete complex tasks. Implement RAG pipelines for large-scale knowledge integration. Ship end-to-end systems from data ingestion → reasoning → action. Design multi-step reasoning workflows, not just prompt calls. Evaluate and improve model behavior (accuracy, latency, cost). Work with both open-source and frontier models. Collaborate with FPGA/ASIC teams on hardware-aware AI design. Learn how AI systems are optimized across CPU / GPU / FPGA. Explore efficient inference and system-level performance tradeoffs. Build reusable components for memory and context management, tool integration, and knowledge retrieval. Contribute to internal AI platforms used across teams. Pay Range $48/hr – $52/hr USD (Bay Area, CA). Actual salary may vary. Qualifications Currently pursuing a Master's or PhD in CS, EE, or related field. Strong coding skills in Python (C++ a plus). Hands-on experience building AI/ML projects or backend / distributed systems. Solid fundamentals in data structures and system design basics. Signal of Excellence: built something non-trivial (AI project, open-source contribution, or research prototype). Quickly learns new frameworks and ships working systems. Curious about end-to-end system behavior, not just models. Bonus Points Experience with LangChain, LlamaIndex, or vector databases (FAISS, Milvus, etc.). Exposure to RAG, prompt engineering, or agent workflows. Experience with hardware acceleration or performance optimization. What You'll Get Fast growth: work directly with senior architects and domain experts. Clear path toward Senior Engineer → Architect roles. High learning density: modern AI systems and FPGA/ASIC hardware acceleration. Real ownership: build production systems used in real engineering workflows. Job Type Student / Intern (fixed term). Shift 1 (United States). Location San Jose, California, United States. 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