2027 Summer Intern, AI Research, Embodied AI (Masters)

Job Description

Work Arrangement:

Hybrid: This internship is categorized ason-site. The selected intern is expected to report to the office 3 days a week.

Location:

Sunnyvale CA

The Embodied AI Research team advances artificial intelligence methods for autonomous vehicles and embodied systems. We explore how models can combine visual and sensor understanding language and other modalities reasoning prediction and action to address challenging problems in autonomous driving.

Our work includes foundation models vision-language and vision-language-action architectures generative and world models self-supervised learning imitation learning reinforcement learning multimodal learning and methods for learning from large-scale driving data. We work closely with engineering teams to translate research into reliable systems for real-world autonomy.

As an Embodied AI Research Intern you will conduct applied research on a well-scoped project at the intersection of machine learning robotics and autonomous driving. You will work with experienced researchers and engineers to develop hypotheses design experiments train and evaluate models analyze results and communicate findings.

Potential focus areas include:

• Foundation Models for Autonomy: Develop or adapt large-scale models that learn useful representations and capabilities from diverse driving data.
• Vision-Language-Action Models: Explore architectures that connect multimodal perception and high-level reasoning with autonomous vehicle decisions and actions.
• Generative and World Models: Use generative techniques to model complex driving environments improve scenario understanding or support planning and simulation.
• Learning for Planning and Control: Apply imitation learning reinforcement learning or other learning methods to improve prediction decision-making and vehicle behavior.
• Multimodal and Temporal Learning: Build methods that reason over camera lidar radar map language and time-series information.

• Formulate research problems and develop prototypes for autonomous driving applications.
• Design and run experiments ablation studies and quantitative evaluations.
• Train and benchmark models using large-scale datasets and distributed compute infrastructure.
• Analyze model behavior failure cases generalization and performance tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with perception planning robotics controls and systems engineering teams.
• Contribute to technical discussions research documentation publications patents or open-source work where appropriate.
• Present findings clearly to technical and cross-functional audiences.

• Currently pursuing or in the process of obtaining a Masters in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence Computer Science Robotics or a related technical field.
• Strong understanding of modern machine learning and deep learning methods.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with PyTorch TensorFlow JAX or another machine learning framework.
• Demonstrated AI/ML research experience through coursework academic projects publications or comparable work.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with experience designing experiments and interpreting results.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional team-oriented environment.
• Strong written verbal and presentation skills.
• Availability to work full-time 40 hours per week during the internship period.

• Experience with transformers large language models vision-language models vision-language-action models diffusion models or other generative architectures.
• Experience with reinforcement learning imitation learning self-supervised learning world models multimodal learning or temporal modeling.
• Familiarity with autonomous vehicles advanced driver assistance systems robotics or embodied AI.
• Experience working with large-scale datasets distributed training high-performance computing or model scaling.
• Evidence of significant technical results through first-authored publications grants fellowships patents or open-source contributions. Relevant venues may include NeurIPS CVPR ICML ICLR AAAI ECCV RSS ICRA CoRL or similar conferences and workshops.
• Experience with C or another systems programming language.
• Intent to return to a degree program after completion of the internship or co-op.
• Must be graduating between December 2027 and June 2028

Compensation:

• The monthly salary range for this role is $11800 per month
• GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2027 Student Program.

• Paid U.S. GM holidays.
• GM Family First Vehicle Discount Program.
• Potential for growth within GM based on performance and business needs.
• Intern events and opportunities to network with company leaders and peers.
• Mentorship and hands-on experience with the data and ML foundations behind autonomy

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