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Staff Research Scientist, Intern - PhD Agentic AI

US - Austin, TX💼 Internship💰 $56–$56🗓 2026-09-17 → 2026-09-25

Core

Conduct research to improve AI agent reliability, reduce hallucinations, and advance safety, security, and ethical alignment for secure, intelligent, and scalable commerce.

Role type

Staff Research Scientist (PhD), Agentic AI

Builds

Research publications, patents, technical reports, and practical AI capabilities

Domain

Artificial Intelligence, Agentic AI, Generative AI

Deliverable

research

Required skills

AI agent research, model compression, quantization, fine-tuning strategies, inference optimization, secure access control, multi-agent architectures, benchmarking agent safety

Preferred skills

Research record (publications/patents), AI safety/security/alignment experience, multi-agent systems experience, programming in Python/C++/Java

Technologies

Generative AI tools, Python, C++, Java

Responsibilities

Design techniques to enhance AI agent efficiency, develop and evaluate secure access control and guardrail systems, investigate multi-agent architectures, prototype and experiment to translate research ideas into practical AI capabilities

Seniority

PhD Student (Graduation Dec 2027+), Research Intern

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