Machine Learning Intern

Epic Games•Montreal, QC

4d•Remote

About The Position

Epic Games is looking for current PhD students and recent PhD or MSc graduates (within 12 months of graduation) for paid, 6-12 month research internships with our Special Projects & Epic Research Group. You will work with our team of research scientists and programmers at the intersection of vision, language, speech processing and game development to create machine learning models in a range of areas to support game developers and improve user experience.

Requirements

An ongoing or recently completed (within the last 12 months) PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, AI or a related field - recent MSc graduates in the same fields will also be considered
Experience building models or algorithms in computer vision, natural language processing, or speech/audio/acoustic processing
Hands-on knowledge of modern deep learning methods, such as Transformers, LLM fine-tuning, and diffusion models
Strong coding skills in Python and the standard ML stack (PyTorch, NumPy, SciPy, scikit-learn)
You must hold an existing right to work in the UK, US or Canada for the full duration of the internship - Visa sponsorship or support is unavailable for this role

Nice To Haves

Game dev experience in either C++ or C# (including personal projects)

Responsibilities

Create machine learning models in areas including player safety, game agents (e.g. AI-backed characters, VLA agents), world/scene and game logic generation, developer tools, and improved user experience
Work alongside our team of research scientists and programmers on applied research problems
Own data analysis and data creation, supported by an internal team of labellers
Design, implement, and experiment with models end to end
Gain exposure to programming work around deploying models at scale