Research Intern - Reinforcement Learning, Robotics

Applied Intuition • Sunnyvale, CA

4h • Onsite

About The Position

We are looking for multiple passionate Research Interns to join the Research Group at Applied Intuition. The mission of the group is to create cutting-edge technology enabling next-generation physical AI, with emphasis on the two most challenging applications reshaping our everyday life: end-to-end autonomous driving and robotic generalist. We have a group composed of leading experts from top institutions and companies, recognized for their exceptional academic and industry contributions—including eight Best Paper awards at premier conferences and journals such as CVPR and ICRA. Learn more at appliedintuition.com/research.
Supported by industry-leading tools and infra, researchers can access millions of miles of data from large fleets, and deploy methods they develop into various autonomous and robotic systems including self-driving cars/trucks, autonomous mining/construction machines, humanoid robots and dexterous hands. In addition to your research contributions, you will contribute to and learn from best practices in the autonomy and robotics industries within our fast-paced and customer-focused culture. Improvements deployed to our system immediately help our customers with their programs and deliver value to our business.

Requirements

• Strong research background and skills on relevant topics, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively on projects
• Current PhD (or MSc) studies in machine learning, computer vision and graphics, robotics
• Passion for next-generation, scalable autonomy and robotics

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on reinforcement learning (RL) related topics including large-scale closed-loop RL and VLA post-training with applications to robotics with emphasis on dexterous manipulation
• Diving into fundamental and relevant topics on RL with broader applications
• Work closely with the Research Scientists and Engineers on high quality research publications for submission to top-tier conferences

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree