Toyota Research Institute
Accelerated Science Intern, Representation Learning for Molecules and Materials
Los Altos, CA · Hybrid · Internship · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Education
- Currently enrolled in a doctoral program in materials science, computer science, statistics, applied math, machine learning, physics, or a related discipline.
About the job
Investigate how machine-learning models represent molecules and materials, using mathematical analysis and computational experiments to connect learned representations with physical structure.
What you'll do
- Implement and evaluate models using reproducible workflows; design experiments comparing representations across training runs, architectures, and learning objectives.
- Analyze representation geometry and information content, and develop methods to identify meaningful shared structure.
- Contribute documented code and communicate findings through reports, publications, or patent disclosures.
What they ask for
- Currently enrolled in a doctoral program in a relevant discipline.
- Strong foundations in machine learning, linear algebra, probability, and optimization, with demonstrated experience training models on real datasets.
- Proficiency in Python and modern ML tooling.
- Ability to collaborate across disciplines and translate research ideas into working code.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with representation learning or scientific machine learning.
- Experience studying model convergence, learning dynamics, symmetries, or identifiability.
Pay
$45 and $65/hour (USD), base pay
Tools
Python, PyTorch
AI focus
Machine-learning research on learned representations of molecules and materials, including their shared structure, information content, and relationship to physical quantities.
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