Toyota Research Institute-posted 3 months ago
$45 - $65/Yr
Intern
Hybrid • Los Altos, CA
101-250 employees
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we're on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We're developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this transformative shift in mobility, we've built a world-class team in Automated Driving, Energy & Materials, Human-Centered AI, Human Interactive Driving, Large Behavior Models, and Robotics. This is a summer 2026 paid 12-week internship opportunity. Please note that this internship will be a hybrid in-office role.

  • Collaborate with other software engineers and research scientists to develop physically-accurate, reliable, and fast models and algorithms relevant to the simulation and robotics community.
  • Solve difficult modeling, mathematical, and implementation problems with a focus on accuracy of simulation results, and reliability and performance of software.
  • Distill physical and mathematical phenomena into clear software models.
  • Work towards publishing in a scientific journal and implementing new capabilities in the open source software, Drake.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent; advanced degree, physics and engineering background a plus.
  • Experience developing numerical methods and scientific software including physics-based simulation.
  • Solid grasp in at least some of linear algebra, differential equations, partial differential equations, nonlinear equations, geometry, and related numerical methods.
  • Excellent software development skills, preferably in C++ and/or Python.
  • Strong understanding of scientific software accuracy and performance issues and tradeoffs.
  • Deep knowledge and expertise in one or more of the following: hybrid systems, multibody dynamics, numerical integration, discrete and differential computational geometry, contact mechanics, differential-algebraic equations, high performance computing, GPU programming.
  • Generous benefits package including vacation and sick time.
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