Research Intern, PhD, Summer 2027

Google; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 102,000 - 138,000; Full time

Job summary

Google is seeking PhD Research Interns for a Summer 2027 program across Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON, and Waterloo, ON. The paid, full-time internship runs 12–14 weeks for doctoral students in their penultimate year, tackling cutting-edge CS research.

Interns collaborate with developers on experiments, architectures, and scalable AI-related challenges including ML, NLP, vision, and systems. Prior research experience and language proficiency in Python, Java, JavaScript, or C/C++ are valued.

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a PhD in CS or related field.
• Experience in one CS area (e.g., NLP, ML, CV, algorithms).
• Penultimate year or returning to degree after internship.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a research agenda.
• Contribute to a productive and innovative team with peers, managers, and partner teams.

Skills

Research experience

Problem solving

Education

PhD candidate in Computer Science or related field

Penultimate year status

Tools

Python

Java

JavaScript

C/C++

Job description

Google is looking for PhD Research Interns to join their team across Montreal, QC, Toronto, ON, and Waterloo, ON for Summer 2027. This is a paid, full-time internship running 12-14 weeks, designed for doctoral students in their penultimate academic year who are ready to work at the cutting edge of computer science research.

Research Interns work closely with developers to discover, invent, and build at the largest scale. From creating experiments and prototyping implementations to designing architectures, Research Interns work on challenges in artificial intelligence, machine perception, data mining, machine learning, natural language understanding, privacy, computer architecture, networking, operating systems, storage and data management, and more.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a research agenda.
• Contribute to a productive and innovative team, including working with peers, managers, and partner teams.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a PhD degree in Computer Science, Linguistics, Statistics, Biostatistics, Applied Mathematics, Operations Research, Economics, Natural Sciences, or related technical field.
• Experience in one area of computer science (e.g., Natural Language Understanding, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Algorithmic Foundations of Optimization, Quantum Information Science, Data Science, Software Developing, or similar areas).

Preferred Qualifications

• Currently attending a degree program in Canada and available to work full time for 12 weeks outside of university term time.
• Penultimate academic year or returning to a degree program after completion of the internship.
• Experience as a researcher, including internships, full-time, or at a lab.
• Experience contributing to research communities or efforts, including publishing papers in major conferences or journals.
• Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, JavaScript, C/C++, etc.).

Compensation: $120,000 CAD (annualised) + 0% bonus target. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The anticipated application window is open until February 26, 2027. Participation in the internship program requires that you are located in Canada for the duration of the internship program.

Currently enrolled in a PhD in Computer Science or related technical field. Experience in at least one area of computer science such as ML, NLP, Computer Vision, or Deep Learning.