Research Engineer Intern (Ethical Creative and Protective AI Lab)
About The Position
Sony Corporate Technology Center America, a branch of Sony AI, is a remotely distributed organization across the U.S. and Canada. Sony AI works with Sony business units and pursues the mission of using AI to unleash human creativity. The Ethical Creative and Protective AI Lab develops frameworks, tools, and methodologies to advance AI while promoting trust, transparency, fairness, and accountability. The Research Engineer Intern will join an interdisciplinary team working on Responsible AI for a three-month internship. The intern will contribute to projects using multimodal generative AI to address challenges associated with AI adoption in a global multimedia company. The role provides hands-on experience in the responsible development of generative AI and collaboration with researchers and engineers in a globally diverse team. The target hourly rate is $50.00. The position is paid hourly and eligible for overtime. Sony provides equal employment opportunity and reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities and disabled veterans.
Requirements
- Completed or currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or a related scientific discipline.
- Experience with LLM/VLM tooling and frameworks, API integration, and prompt engineering.
- Familiarity with and interest in responsible AI development.
- Strong understanding of machine learning fundamentals.
- Strong research, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Nice To Haves
- Hands-on experience with reinforcement-learning fine-tuning of LLMs and/or VLMs is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to post-training and evaluation infrastructure for a novel multimodal AI system.
- Fine-tune models using supervised learning and reinforcement learning-based approaches, such as SFT, RLAIF, and RLVR.
- Define and implement custom metrics to evaluate different fine-tuning approaches.
- Contribute to tools and frameworks for assessing and mitigating AI-related risks in generative AI.
- Contribute to research outcomes in top-tier conferences and journals.
- Propose and implement innovative ideas.
- Conduct the role with honesty, trustworthiness, and ethical conduct.
Benefits
- Hourly pay at a target rate of $50.00 per hour.
- Eligible for overtime.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Intern
Education Level
Ph.D. or professional degree
