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AI Research Intern (BS/MS)
Mountain View, CA +1 · Internship · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Mountain View - Education
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's degree program in Computer Science, EECS, Robotics, AI, or a closely related field.
About the job
Conduct AI research for autonomous transport platforms, developing and evaluating models that perceive environments, simulate outcomes, and guide vehicle actions.
What you'll do
- Integrate and validate AI research in model pipelines using real-world datasets and simulation.
- Prototype and evaluate reinforcement learning, trajectory planning, and distillation algorithms; train and fine-tune multimodal models.
- Run simulation experiments and analyze edge cases and model performance to improve autonomous systems.
What they ask for
- Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in Computer Science, EECS, Robotics, AI, or a closely related field.
- Coursework, project experience, or research background in at least one listed area: generative world models/video generation/diffusion models; VLA or embodied AI; RL, trajectory optimization, or decision-making; or multimodal Transformers for robotics or spatio-temporal data.
- Advanced hands-on proficiency with PyTorch or JAX.
- Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of C++.
Nice to have
- Research, project, or internship experience in autonomous driving, mobile robotics, or spatial AI.
Pay
$70/hr per hour (hourly pay)
Tools
PyTorch, JAX, Python, C++
AI focus
Research and apply AI for autonomous transport, including perception, world models, action models, reinforcement learning, trajectory planning, multimodal models, and real-world vehicle actuation.
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