Drimva

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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First seen Oct 31, 2026 · Last verified Nov 5, 2026 (UTC)