PhD Research Intern, Physical AI - Foundation Models - 2027
NVIDIA· Intern
Santa Clara, CA$38/hr - $94/hrinternPosted 1mo ago
About the role
PhD internship focused on research in generative AI, multimodal foundation models, and embodied AI for NVIDIA Cosmos Platform, with opportunities to publish and transfer innovations into products.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research in generative AI, multimodal foundation models, world models, and embodied AI.
- Develop algorithms for video understanding/generation, action-conditioned simulation, multimodal reasoning, and policy learning.
- Train and evaluate large-scale models using video, image, language, and robotics or autonomous driving data.
- Collaborate with researchers and engineers across AI, robotics, simulation, and graphics teams.
- Publish research at top conferences and transfer innovations into NVIDIA products.
Qualifications
- Currently pursuing a PhD in CS, EE, Robotics, or related fields.
- Strong background in generative AI, computer vision, multimodal learning, robotics, or reinforcement learning.
- Prior publication record and research experience.
- Strong Python and PyTorch skills.
Skills
Required:PythonPyTorch
Benefits
- Intern benefits (refer to NVIDIA intern program)
Last updated Oct 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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