2026 Summer Intern Machine Learning Engineer- Autonomous Vehicle Engineering (PhD)
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Job Location:
Sunnyvale, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
7 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
To helpfacilitateadministration of relocation benefits if you are selected please apply using the permanent address you would move from.
Work Arrangement:
Hybrid: This internship is categorized ashybrid. The selected intern is expected to report to the office up to three times per week or asdeterminedby the team.
Location:
Sunnyvale California
About the Team:
Offboardperception: Unlike onboardperception which must run in real time on the AV offboardperceptioncanleveragelarger models greater compute and acausal processing to achieve much higher accuracy. These high-accuracy detections support multiple consumers across the organizationfor example powering simulation and generating automated labels used to train onboard models.
About the Role:
As a Machine Learning Engineering Intern you will work alongside a world-class team of engineers and researchers on impactful AI/ML projects in robotics and advanced manufacturing.Youllgain hands-on experience contributing to the design prototyping and potential deployment of AI systems in real-world industrial settings. This is an excellent opportunity to explore applied research and development while learning from top experts in the field.
WhatYoullDo:
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to adapt andoptimizemachine learning models for autonomous vehicle perception including robotics and computer vision applications.
Help build and test components of end-to-end deep learning pipelines that process multimodal sensor data (e.g. cameras lidars radars).
Assistin developing and evaluating foundation models and transfer learning techniques for use
Participate in translating technical and business requirements into ML prototypes.
Gain exposure to the training deployment and performance monitoring of machine learning models in production-like environments.
Learn how research ideas evolve into real-world applications and contribute to the teamsinnovationroadmap.
Required Qualifications:
Currently enrolled in aPhD program in Computer Science Machine Learning Robotics or a related STEM field.
Availability to work full-time (40 hoursper week) during the internship period.
Demonstrated coursework research. or projects in AI/ML.
Strong programming skills in Python.
Able to workfulltime40 hoursper week.
Preferred Qualifications:
Exposure todeep learning architectures such as Transformers CNNs or Diffusion Models.
Hands-on experience with one or more machine learning frameworks (e.g.PyTorch TensorFlow JAX orKeras).
Experience with robotics computer vision through projects or research.
Familiarity with multimodal learning or working with sensor data.
Interest in contributing to publications open-source projects or patents.
Familiarity with systems programming languages (e.g. C or Java) is a plus.
Intent to return todegree-programafter the completion of the internship.
Graduating between December 2026 and June 2027.
Compensation:
The monthly salary range for this role is $13100 per month.
GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2026 Student Program.
Whatyoullget from us (Benefits):
Paid US GM Holidays
GM Family First Vehicle Discount Program
Result-based potential for growth within GM
Intern events to network with company leaders and peers
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