Year-round

GPU Intern

Posted on 8/24/2026

Apple

Apple

10,001+ employees

Designs and sells hardware and software

No salary listed

London, UK + 2 more

More locations: Cambridge, UK | St Albans, UK

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Bachelor's, Master's, PhD

Category
Hardware Engineering (1)
Required Skills
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Verilog
Python
Data Structures & Algorithms
Ruby
Perl
VHDL
C/C++

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Requirements
  • Currently pursuing a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, or a related field.
  • At the end of the internship, return to school to continue education, or have the internship be the last requirement for graduation.
  • Demonstrate strong coding skills with C or C++.
  • Have a strong understanding of common data structures, algorithms, and design patterns.
  • Have curiosity about GPU, CPU, system-on-chip architecture, and microarchitecture.
  • Have knowledge of scripting languages such as Perl, Python, or Ruby.
Responsibilities
  • Create comprehensive verification plans and contribute to testbench development for design verification.
  • Stimulate real-world scenarios and help ensure designs are robust and complete.
  • Collaborate with architects and designers to identify and address issues early in the design cycle.
  • Implement key components of verification flows and debug complex testbench and design challenges.
  • Build GPU models on accelerated emulation platforms.
  • Run intensive graphics workloads on GPU models.
  • Debug and resolve potential issues and contribute to infrastructure workflows.
  • Engage with an automation portal that integrates these areas through a modern web user interface and backend.
  • Support functional, performance, and power verification through the emulation portal and collaboration with partner teams.
Desired Qualifications
  • Have strong interpersonal and analytical skills.
  • Ability to work well within a team and be productive under tight schedules.
  • Familiarity with SystemVerilog, Verilog, or VHDL.
  • Prior experience with hardware description languages.

Apple designs, manufactures, and sells hardware and software across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Apple TV, plus services like the App Store, Apple Music, iCloud, and Apple Pay. The products work together through an integrated ecosystem where devices run Apple’s own operating systems and sync data via iCloud, delivering a seamless user experience. It differentiates itself by controlling both hardware and software end-to-end, maintaining a unified design, and expanding services and spatial computing. Its goal is to provide a cohesive, high-quality experience across devices while growing services revenue and expanding its ecosystem.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

IPO

Headquarters

Cupertino, California

Founded

1976

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What believers are saying

  • Apple’s June 2026 revenue hit $109.4 billion, with Mac revenue up 29%.
  • New M6 Mac mini and M5 Ultra Mac Studio ship September 22, 2026.
  • Brazil launched Apple Emergency SOS Live Video on August 27, 2026, expanding services relevance.

What critics are saying

  • Apple lost its July 8, 2026 EU DMA challenge; App Store constraints deepen.
  • Epic litigation still threatens App Store commissions after the Supreme Court refused a pause.
  • August 21, 2026 layoffs across Siri and Vision Pro signal weak internal execution and demand.

What makes Apple unique

  • Apple’s 2026 M6 and M5 Ultra Macs tightly integrate silicon, macOS, and AI workflows.
  • Apple’s ecosystem still locks users across iPhone, Mac, Watch, Vision Pro, and services.
  • Apple’s hardware-software control enables premium pricing and unusually high gross margins.

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2 year growth

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