PhD Research Intern, Autonomous Systems, Physical AI Research

• Design and implement cutting-edge techniques for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and physical AI
• Conduct original research and publish results
• Collaborate with research colleagues, internal product teams, and external researchers
• Transfer developed technology to relevant product groups

• Currently pursuing a PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field
• Relevant research experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, embodied AI, or autonomous systems
• Strong knowledge of the theory and practice of vehicle or robot autonomy, or expertise in a related area with a strong interest in applying it to autonomous systems
• Track record of research excellence demonstrated through publications at leading conferences and journals such as RSS, ICRA, CoRL, IJRR, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, TAC, etc., and through other research artifacts such as open-source software
• Exceptional Python programming skills
• Experience with C++ and parallel programming, such as CUDA, is a plus
• Experience with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, research-focused team

• Opportunity to publish research
• Opportunity to open-source code
• Collaborative culture
• Opportunities to influence real-world products while conducting publishable research