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Open Date 04/30/2026 Requisition Number PRN17012N Job Title Program Assistants Working Title Intern Career Progression Track S00 Track Level S2 - Intermediate FLSA Code Nonexempt Patient Sensitive Job Code? No Type Non Benefited Staff / Student Temporary? Yes Standard Hours per Week 19 Full Time or Part Time? Part Time Shift Day Work Schedule Summary
Monday-Friday between 8am-5pm
Is this a work study job? No VP Area Academic Affairs Department 00640 - CHPC Ctr for High Perform Computing Location Campus City Salt Lake City, UT Type of Recruitment External Posting Pay Rate Range Intermediate - $19 hourly Close Date 07/30/2026 Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time) Job Summary
The Center for High Performance Computing (CHPC) is seeking students to fill part-time positions that support CHPC's mission to enable research and innovation through advanced computing infrastructure, technical services, and user support at the University of Utah. Program participants-including undergraduate students, graduate students - receive handson experience in a professional technical environment. Positions are structured to provide meaningful project work, defined learning or professionaldevelopment objectives, and supervised access to CHPC systems appropriate to the role.
This position will work with the User Services team, which consists of 7 MSc and PhD level scientific consultants, to assist with research, development and deployment of AI tools for CHPC users and researchers. This includes research on and evaluation of the latest open source large language models (LLMs), setting them up in research and production environment at the CHPC, interfacing them with tools like code development UIs, chatbots and agents, and fine-tuning them with CHPC related information such as documentation, recorded user interactions, job logs, etc. Along with using and developing AI tools, the position will allow to learn about and use a high performance computing (HPC) environment and the services that are associated with it.
Responsibilities
- Researching latest developments in generative AI, including LLMs and tools that use them
- Deploying open source genAI models and tools locally
- Continue development and fine-tuning of locally run chatbots and agents
- Participating in onboarding, training, mentoring, and regular checkins with a supervisor
- All duties are assigned in accordance with CHPC rolebased access controls, data security requirements, and the participant's experience level and program track.
Minimum Qualifications
Qualifications (RoleDependent)
- Strong communication and organizational skills
- Ability to follow documented procedures and work independently with supervision
- Reliability, professionalism, and attention to detail
- Willingness to learn new technical or operational skills
Preferences
- Basic understanding of AI technologies
- Technical experience with LLMs
- Programming skills in Python and/or other languages that LLM interfaces use
Special Instructions Summary Additional Information
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