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Research Internship, Robotics

94k – 140kSeattle, WAEmbedded EngineeringOnsiteEntry level
Summary

Research intern on robotics team conducts AI research in foundation models, robotics skills, open datasets/benchmarks, and real-world robot experiments under mentor guidance. Requires student status in CS/AI-related field with research background in robotics, ML, or computer vision.

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Read scientific literature to investigate and understand AI research.
  • Execute AI research under mentor guidance, including building AI systems or components, developing datasets, and conducting experiments.
  • Meet with mentor to discuss research progress and ideas.
  • Support development and investigate core research problems in foundation models and skills for robotics.
  • Contribute to open datasets, benchmarks, and models.
  • Experiment with robots in the real world.

Requirements

  • Pursuing a degree in Computer Science or similar field.
  • Research experience in computer vision, robotics, machine learning, natural language processing, language and vision, or related areas.
  • Interest in cutting-edge artificial intelligence research, particularly robotics, agents, and/or embodied AI.

Compensation

  • Research Intern, Undergrad: $94,320 annually.
  • Research Intern, Masters: $106,110 annually.
  • Research Intern, PhD: $140,000 annually.
  • Compensation dependent on current degree enrollment.

Additional Information

  • Duration: 12 weeks.
  • Start date: Flexible.
  • On-site work from Seattle offices (requirements vary by team).
Skills
RoboticsMachine LearningComputer VisionNatural Language ProcessingPyTorchROSPythonEmbodied AIFoundation ModelsDatasets
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