Thealleninstitute
Research Internship, Robotics
Seattle, WA. Posted 25 days ago
The role
Research interns will support the development and investigation of core research problems in foundation models and skills for robotics. Tasks include conducting AI research, building AI systems, developing datasets, and experimenting with robots in the real world.
What you will do
- Conducting AI research under the guidance of a mentor
- Building AI systems or system components
- Developing datasets
- Conducting experiments
- Reading scientific literature to investigate and understand AI research
- Meeting with the mentor to discuss research progress and ideas
Required qualifications
- Pursuing a PhD in robotics, machine learning, or related fields
- Interest and experience in cutting-edge artificial intelligence and robotics research
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time
- Ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand
- Ability to exchange accurate information
- Ability to observe details at close range
- Can work under deadlines
Nice to have
- Proven track record of publishing at robotics and AI conferences, such as CoRL, ICRA, IROS, RSS, and Neurips
- Strong software engineering skills in physics simulation, machine learning, and robot control
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and an employee assistance program
- Health savings account plan
- Healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans
- $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses
- $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses
- Accrue sick days per year in line with Seattle sick time requirements
- Paid for holidays if usually scheduled to work
Before you apply
- Visa sponsorship is available
- Apply by January 8, 2027, at 11:00pm Pacific Time to be considered for Spring/Summer 2027 internships
About the company
Ai2 is a Seattle based non-profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen. Its mission is building breakthrough AI to solve the world’s biggest problems.