Computer Hardware Intern Jobs in Seattle, WA (NOW HIRING)

THE ROLE:

AMD is looking for a Software Development Engineer - Ray Tracing / Neural Rendering to join our growing team. As a key contributor you will be part of a leading team driving innovation in real-time rendering, ray tracing, and next-generation graphics technologies. You will help develop advanced rendering algorithms and software that enable industry-leading visual quality and performance on AMD hardware platforms.

THE PERSON:
The ideal candidate possesses an innovative and problem-solving mindset, has a passion for computer graphics and rendering technology, and enjoys tackling challenging technical problems. A successful candidate will have strong expertise in software engineering, real-time rendering, GPU programming, and graphics algorithms, along with the ability to collaborate effectively with researchers and engineers in a fast-paced environment. The candidate should be comfortable working across the full lifecycle of rendering technology development, from algorithm design and prototyping through implementation, optimization, validation, and deployment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and drive execution of advanced rendering algorithms and software for real-time ray tracing and global illumination technologies
• Research, implement, validate, and optimize rendering techniques such as ReSTIR, path tracing, denoising, sampling, and spatiotemporal resampling methods
• Contribute to a high-functioning graphics feature team focused on delivering industry-leading visual quality and performance
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including GPU architecture, driver, game engineering, and graphics research teams to develop and deploy new rendering technologies
• Help contribute to the design and implementation of future rendering architectures, frameworks, and scalable graphics systems
• Work very closely with developers, researchers, and project managers to drive graphics innovation from concept through production-quality implementation

PREFERRED EXPERIENCE:

• Expert knowledge and hands-on experience in C and C++
• Strong understanding of real-time rendering, ray tracing, physically based rendering, Monte Carlo techniques, and global illumination algorithms
• Experience developing GPU-accelerated algorithms using modern graphics APIs, shader languages, and parallel programming techniques
• Solid understanding of software engineering principles, data structures, algorithms, computer architecture, and performance optimization
• Excellent design and code development skills, familiarity with Linux and modern software development tools and workflows
• Experience profiling, debugging, and optimizing graphics workloads for performance and image quality
• Good analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to develop innovative solutions for complex rendering challenges
• Experience with real-time ray tracing research, ReSTIR-based algorithms, path tracing, sampling techniques, or publication-quality graphics research is a plus.
• Experience using Cursor, Claude Code, Codex etc. for rendering-related code, especially neural rendering 

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Graphics, or related technical discipline preferred.

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.