Amazon
2027 Applied Science Internship - United States, PhD Student Science Recruiting Frontier AI & Robotics, Frontier AI & Robotics
$156K
San Francisco, CA · Internship · Posted Sep 30, 2026
- Education
- Enrolled in a PhD program.
About the job
Conduct applied research at the intersection of AI and robotics, developing algorithms for robotic perception, manipulation, and control.
What you'll do
- Develop scalable algorithms and modeling techniques for LLMs and generative AI in robotics.
- Research robotics problems using production-scale data, especially in perception, manipulation, and control.
- Collaborate across teams, communicate findings, and use and validate AI-powered research tools.
What they ask for
- Enrolled in a PhD program.
- Able to relocate to the internship location and work full-time (40 hours per week) for the entire internship.
- Programming experience in Java and Python, and where applicable, C++ or JAX.
- Demonstrated research depth through publications, thesis work, or equivalent contributions.
Nice to have
- Publications at top-tier peer-reviewed conferences or journals.
- Experience designing experiments and statistically analyzing results.
Pay
156,060.00 USD Annually (starting pay; base salary status not specified)
Tools
LLMs, generative AI, Python, PyTorch, JAX, Java, C++
AI focus
Applied AI research for robotics, including LLMs and generative AI; relevant areas include multimodal models, world models, and vision-language-action models.
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