AI Foundations Research Scientist Intern

IBM; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Research's AI Foundations group seeks an AI Research Scientist Intern to advance foundational models and multi-modal systems. You will identify core challenges, prototype training and fine-tuning methods, and validate results through rigorous experimentation.

You will publish findings at major conferences and contribute to IBM's open innovation initiatives, collaborating with scientists, engineers, and designers in a mentored setting focused on responsible, scalable AI.

Qualifications

• Experience with modern ML and large language models (LLMs), vision-language models (VLMs), and Transformer architectures.
• Proficiency in Python for rapid prototyping and ML system experiments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with demonstrated research communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage in the full research lifecycle to pioneer advancements in AI.
• Identify core challenges, design prototypes, and validate results through experiments.
• Disseminate significant results via publications and patent applications; contribute to IBM Open Innovation.
• Collaborate in mentored teams to shepherd projects from ideation to completion.

Skills

LLMs

VLMs

Transformers

Python

Experiment design

Publications

Collaboration

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

PyTorch

Job description

IBM Research's AI Foundations group seeks an AI Research Scientist Intern to advance foundational models and multi-modal systems. You will identify core challenges, prototype training and fine-tuning methods, and validate results through rigorous experimentation.

You will publish findings at major conferences and contribute to IBM's open innovation initiatives, collaborating with scientists, engineers, and designers in a mentored setting focused on responsible, scalable AI.