Toyota Research Institute
Human Interactive Driving Research Intern, Perception for Driving at the Limits
Los Altos, CA · Hybrid · Internship · Posted Oct 29, 2026
- Education
- Ph.D. candidate; no equivalent experience alternative stated.
About the job
Develop and test perception, reasoning, modeling, and control methods for high-performance driving, deploying and evaluating them on vehicles and presenting research findings.
What you'll do
- Develop perception, modeling, embodied reasoning, and/or control algorithms.
- Implement, deploy, and evaluate algorithms on high-performance cars.
- Present results internally and at international conferences.
What they ask for
- Ph.D. candidate in computer vision, machine learning, robotics, embodied reasoning, or a related field.
- Proficiency in at least one of: Python, C++, ROS(2), PyTorch, JAX.
- Experience deploying algorithms on real-world platforms.
- Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
Nice to have
- Experience with geometric foundation models, LiDAR/visual inertial odometry stacks, and/or Bayesian filtering methods.
- Strong interest in vehicle autonomy and embodied AI.
Pay
$45 and $65/hour (ISO currency code not stated; base pay)
Tools
Python, C++, ROS(2), PyTorch, JAX, LiDAR
AI focus
Developing perception, embodied reasoning, modeling, and control methodologies for high-performance driving and vehicle autonomy.
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