AI Research Intern
Core
Research and development of AI foundation models (Visual-Language-Action) for multi-modal surgical data to enhance the da Vinci surgical system.
Role type
AI Research Intern (Medical Robotics)
Builds
AI models for surgical scene understanding, procedure phase recognition, and robot learning.
Domain
Medical Robotics / Surgical AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or Robotics (Master's/Doctorate level); Python; Deep Learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Caffe); LLM/VLM/Robotics domain knowledge
Preferred skills
Publications in top-tier conferences; RLHF, DPO, finetuning, RAG, CoT, multi-agent reasoning; Model quantization; LLM edge hardware deployment; Prompt engineering; Data synthesis
Technologies
PyTorch, TensorFlow, Caffe, HuggingFace, LLaMa, LangChain, LlamaIndex
Responsibilities
Develop novel algorithms for VLA models; Analyze and process large surgical datasets; Validate models using simulation and physical systems; Collaborate with engineers and clinicians; Document research outcomes
Seniority
Intern