General Motors
2027 Summer Intern, AI Research, Embodied AI (PhD)
Sunnyvale, California, United States of America · Hybrid · Internship · Posted Oct 15, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated.
- Education
- Currently pursuing or in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field.
About the job
Conduct applied research and develop, train, and evaluate machine-learning models for autonomous driving and embodied AI, then analyze and communicate findings.
What you'll do
- Formulate research problems, develop prototypes, and design and run experiments for autonomous driving applications.
- Train and benchmark models; analyze behavior, failure cases, generalization, and performance tradeoffs.
- Collaborate with research and engineering teams and present or document findings.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing or in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field.
- Strong understanding of modern machine learning and deep learning methods; demonstrated AI/ML research experience.
- Proficiency in Python and experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or another machine learning framework.
- Available to work full-time, 40 hours per week, and must be graduating between December 2027 and June 2028.
Nice to have
- Experience with generative or multimodal learning, reinforcement or imitation learning, world models, or temporal modeling.
- Familiarity with autonomous vehicles, robotics, or embodied AI; experience with large-scale datasets or distributed training.
Pay
$14,600 per month (salary; range stated as a single amount)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, C++
AI focus
Applied embodied AI research for autonomous driving, including foundation models, vision-language-action systems, generative and world models, learning for planning and control, and multimodal and temporal learning.
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