CareerPlan

PhD Research Intern, Generative AI - 2026

US, CA, Santa ClaraInternship2026-05-27 → 2026-11-10

Core

Research in generative AI, multimodal foundation models, world models, and embodied AI to advance Physical AI and world models.

Role type

PhD Research Intern (Generative AI / Physical AI)

Builds

Algorithms for video understanding/generation, action-conditioned simulation, multimodal reasoning, and policy learning.

Domain

Generative AI, Robotics, Autonomous Driving, Simulation

Deliverable

research

Required skills

Generative AI, Computer Vision, Multimodal Learning, Robotics, Reinforcement Learning, Python, PyTorch

Preferred skills

Large-scale foundation model training, Video models, VLMs, World models, Distributed training

Responsibilities

Conduct research in generative AI and multimodal foundation models; Develop algorithms for video understanding and simulation; Train and evaluate large-scale models using video, image, language, and robotics data; Collaborate with researchers and engineers across AI, robotics, and graphics teams; Publish research at top conferences and transfer innovations into products.