Virtual Internship

Participation in the Research Internship Program requires that you are physically located in the United States or Canada for the duration of the internship.

Research Internships at Microsoft provide a dynamic environment for research careers with a network of world-class research labs led by globally-recognized scientists and engineers. Our researchers and engineers pursue innovation in a range of scientific and technical disciplines to help solve complex challenges in diverse fields, including computing, healthcare, economics, and the environment.

This internship position will be with Azure’s Leading Edge Architecture Pathfinding team, that is focused on our data centers 4+ years in the future. The internship focus will be on Azure’s infrastructure offload, that offloads Azure work, such as networking services, to a combination of hardware and software. Our current networking offload is based on FPGAs and has been described in our NSDI 2018 paper entitled “Azure Accelerated Networking: SmartNICs in the Public Cloud”. This internship will be working on various aspects of the definition and evaluation of potential future infrastructure offload architectures and implementations, with specific focus on security.  

Responsibilities

Interns put inquiry and theory into practice. Alongside fellow doctoral candidates and some of the world’s best researchers, interns learn, collaborate, and network for life. Interns not only advance their own careers, but they also contribute to exciting research and development strides. During the 12-week internship, students are paired with mentors and expected to collaborate with other interns and researchers, present findings, and contribute to the vibrant life of the community. Research internships are available in all areas of research, and are offered year-round, though they typically begin in the summer.

Qualifications

In addition to the qualifications below, you’ll need to submit a minimum of two reference letters for this position. 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.

Required Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in a PhD program in Computer Science or a related STEM field.
• Must have at least one year of hardware/software systems experience, either in industry or as a grad student doing research.

Participation in the Research Internship Program requires that you are physically located in the United States or Canada for the duration of the internship.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in security highly desired.
• Experience in networking and/or storage protocols and acceleration highly desired.     
• Experience in data centers, distributed computing, and acceleration highly desired.
• Demonstrated ability to develop original research agendas.
• Must be able to collaborate effectively with other researchers and product development teams.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, cross-group and cross-culture collaboration.
• Ability to think unconventionally to derive creative and innovative solutions.

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.  We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.