The Path to Internship and Fellowship Opportunities
Want to make a difference and see your work directly impact science across the globe?
The Center for High Throughput Computing offers internship and summer fellowship opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students.
The Mission
CHTC is a research computing organization located within the University of Wisconsin-Madison CS Department and at the Morgridge Institute for Research. CHTC is an internationally recognized leader in high throughput computing and provides access to free large-scale computing capacity for research. CHTC advances the field of research computing through innovative software and services, leading distributed computing projects across the campus and the nation.
The CHTC Fellows Program
Our Fellows Program provides undergraduate and graduate students with learning opportunities in research computing, system administration, and facilitation. Working with engineers and dedicated mentors, fellows will have the opportunity to learn from leaders in their field and access state of the art computing facilities. Fellows can also attend workshops, lectures and social and recreational events with CHTC team members. Learn About CHTC Fellows Program
We Value Diversity
CHTC and Morgridge are committed to increasing diversity among interns and staff. We believe that advancing throughput computing and scientific research is enhanced by a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives.
Student Hourly Positions (Undergrad and Grad)
We're always looking for smart motivated students to partner with software developer and system administrator mentors. We expect students to work between 10 and 20 hours a week, with 10 of those being during business hours, with some flexibility on remaining hours. During the summer and breaks, it is possible to work up to 29 hours per week.
Student Office Assistant
The Morgridge Institute is looking to hire a Student Office Assistant to start immediately and continue through Summer 2025. This position will provide support within the Research Computing Department at Morgridge. The Discovery building is located on the UW-Madison campus at 330 North Orchard Street and is easily accessible by bus. We are seeking a student who can commit to 10 – 20 hours per week during the school year and has availability during the work week (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). During Summer 2025, we’d like the candidate to increase their hours up to approximately 29 hours per week.
We are seeking an individual who is detail-oriented, a good communicator, helpful, and able to work independently. This position will be responsible for a variety of tasks including social media, emailing, proofreading, event planning, expense reports/travel reimbursement, and project reporting. Student positions offer flexible schedules, an opportunity to gain great work experience, and the ability to network and collaborate with Morgridge staff.
Student Science Writer
The Morgridge Institute for Research, Research Computing group is looking for a student science writer to promote the impacts of the NSF Partnership to Advance Throughput Computing (PATh) project (and other projects) on research and campuses across the country. The position will provide opportunities to develop science writing and communication skills, learn about research across multiple domains, to develop an understanding of computational research methods and computing technologies, and to advance the understanding of these concepts by relevant audiences.
The position will work 10-20 hours per week, based upon the schedule and availability of the student. Work hours will be flexible, but mostly between 8am – 5pm, Monday – Friday.
Systems Administrator Intern
The Research Computing group at the Morgridge Institute for Research partners with a broad range of scientists to provide computing services for the Institute, the UW-Madison campus as part of the Center for High Throughput Computing, and the nation. We are seeking students looking to work less than 30 hours per week starting May or June 2025 to assist our systems administrators and to gain valuable training and education on state-of-the-art hardware, complex systems and leading technologies. This position offers high value learning opportunities in a collaborative, flexible and supportive working environment. The is an excellent career building position for candidates interested in learning a diverse set of technologies. CHTC manages over 500 Linux servers and network devices, providing services such as Kubernetes, distributed file systems, batch systems, and databases.
The administrator assistant will help with the provisioning and management of hardware and OS infrastructure; on-the-job training will be provided on industry-standard tools for these activities. Work is normally performed during typical office hours in the office in the Discovery Building.
Systems Integration Intern
The Research Computing group at the Morgridge Institute for Research partners with a broad range of scientists to provide computing services for the Institute, the UW-Madison campus as part of the Center for High Throughput Computing, and the nation. We are seeking students looking to work less than 30 hours per week starting June or September 2025 to assist our systems administrators and to gain valuable training and education on state-of-the-art hardware, complex systems and leading technologies. This position offers high value learning opportunities in a collaborative, flexible and supportive working environment. The is an excellent career building position for candidates interested in learning a diverse set of technologies. The CHTC manages over 1,000 Linux servers, maintains services for the national cyberinfrastructure, and distributes a software stack for global research communities.
The Systems Integration Intern will assist with improvements to our software development pipelines (e.g. Continuous Integration) and high-throughput computing usage reporting. During this internship, students will learn software development best practices and about industry standard technologies, such as Docker, ElasticSearch, and GitHub Actions. Work is normally performed on-site during normal business hours in the Discovery Building.
Questions: chtc-jobs@g-groups.wisc.edu