NeoCognition
Research Intern
Palo Alto · Hybrid · Internship · Posted May 1, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a PhD, Master's, or advanced undergraduate degree in machine learning, computer science, or a related field.
About the job
Conduct exploratory research on LLM agents, develop and evaluate prototypes, and work toward research publications or open-source contributions.
What you'll do
- Explore research directions in LLM reasoning, planning, tool use, multi-agent systems, and evaluation.
- Design and analyze experiments; build research prototypes and document findings with the team.
- Work toward publishing research or contributing to open-source efforts.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing or recently completed a PhD, Master's, or advanced undergraduate degree in machine learning, computer science, or a related field.
- Strong foundation in machine learning and natural language processing, with demonstrated interest in large language models or agentic AI systems.
- Proficiency in Python and familiarity with modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow.
- Ability to independently and collaboratively design, implement, and analyze research experiments.
Nice to have
- Prior AI, NLP, or related research experience or publications.
- Experience with open-weight models, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, agent frameworks, tool-use systems, or evaluation benchmarks.
Tools
Python, PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow
AI focus
Research on LLM agents, including reasoning, planning, tool use, multi-agent coordination, evaluation, and exploratory agentic AI capabilities.
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