AI Avatar Unity Frontend & LLM Backend Research Intern

ETH Zurich; Zürich; On-site; CHF 13,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentoring

Hands-on experience

International team

Job summary

ETH Zurich's Digital Character AI team at the Computer Graphics Laboratory seeks a Student Research Assistant to support interactive AI avatar platforms across Unity frontend and LLM-based backend.

The role involves developing the Unity frontend and the Python/LLM backend, testing and improving system latency, and providing on-site event support. Expect weekly team meetings and a workload of ~15 hours per week during the semester.

Qualifications

• Enrolled student with strong programming background.
• Experience with Unity and Python is required or highly desirable.
• Interest in LLMs, prompting, and dialogue systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the Unity frontend for the Digital Einstein platform, including UI components, interaction flows, character behaviours, and real-time rendering features.
• Develop and maintain the Python/LLM backend for interactive conversations and backend services.
• Test and improve reliability, latency, and overall interaction quality of the system.
• Provide on-site support at events and demonstrations.
• Participate in weekly team meetings (1–2 hours) to discuss progress and plan next steps.
• Workload: approximately 15 hours/week during the semester.

Skills

Unity

C#

Python

LLM APIs

Teamwork

Education

Enrolled student (ETH Zurich or Swiss university)

Tools

Git

Job description

ETH Zurich's Digital Character AI team at the Computer Graphics Laboratory seeks a Student Research Assistant to support interactive AI avatar platforms across Unity frontend and LLM-based backend.

The role involves developing the Unity frontend and the Python/LLM backend, testing and improving system latency, and providing on-site event support. Expect weekly team meetings and a workload of ~15 hours per week during the semester.