GrayMatter Robotics
AI Research Intern: Foundation Models - IMMEDIATE START
Los Angeles - HQ · On-site · Internship · Posted Aug 26, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Robotics, AI, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, lawful permanent residents, refugees under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or asylees under 8 U.S.C. § 1158.
About the job
Develop and deploy foundation models for high-precision manufacturing robotics, validating them on real industrial robots and production parts.
What you'll do
- Develop multimodal foundation models for manufacturing applications and write production-quality R&D code.
- Own project lifecycles, including data curation, simulation, training, and evaluation.
- Test models on industrial robots and production parts, and deploy them to real hardware.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Robotics, AI, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Research experience in foundation models for robot manipulation and strong knowledge of current world-model and foundation-model research.
- Proficiency in Python and at least one deep-learning framework; experience with robotics simulation or physics-based modeling and reinforcement learning, imitation learning, or policy optimization.
- Experience with robotics middleware and real-hardware deployment, plus a publication track record in venues such as ICRA, CoRL, RSS, IROS, RA-L, or T-RO.
Nice to have
- PyTorch is preferred.
- Experience with VLA/VLM training, industrial manipulators, or research deployed in industrial environments.
Pay
$40 – $50 per hour (base salary)
Tools
Python, PyTorch, Isaac Lab, MuJoCo, ROS/ROS2
AI focus
Research, train, evaluate, and deploy multimodal foundation models for robotic manipulation and high-precision manufacturing.
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