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Research Scientist Intern, Multimodal Generative AI and Robotics (PhD)
Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Internship · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
Redmond, WA - Experience
- No specific number of years stated.
- Education
- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD in Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, 3D Machine Perception, Deep Learning, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
About the job
Conduct research and build prototypes for egocentric multimodal generative AI, world modeling, and robotics, including models that support robot learning and control.
What you'll do
- Plan and execute research and development in machine learning and large-scale training.
- Collaborate with researchers and engineers to develop experiments, prototypes, and concepts for contextual AI and robotic systems.
- Design, set up, and run experiments and prototype systems for sensing and machine reasoning.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing or have a PhD in computer vision, computer graphics, 3D machine perception, deep learning, or a related field.
- Knowledge of deep learning, computer vision, graphics, generative modeling, LLMs, and VLMs; hands-on experience implementing deep learning algorithms and large-scale training, benchmarking, and evaluation.
- Experience with Python and PyTorch, and a Unix environment.
- Must obtain and maintain work authorization in the country of employment; intend to return to a degree program after the internship.
Nice to have
- Strong research record, including significant results such as grants, fellowships, patents, or first-authored publications at top-tier conferences.
- Software engineering experience through an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used open-source contributions; cross-functional teamwork experience.
Pay
USD $7,650/month to $12,667/month (base salary)
Tools
Python, Pytorch, Unix, LLMs, VLMs
AI focus
Research and develop multimodal generative AI, predictive models integrating language, vision, human motion, and actions, physically grounded generation, world modeling, video generation, vision–language–action models, and embodied AI for robot learning and control.
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