AI Platform Engineer Intern

Rivian; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 45,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Paid sick leave

Medical insurance benefits

Job summary

Rivian invites students to join its AI platform team for a production-grade internship focused on agentic AI, LLMs, and scalable AI systems. Eligible candidates are master’s or PhD students in CS/AI/ML/CE and must be enrolled during the internship term.

Spring Co-Op runs Jan-Aug 2027; full-time onsite commitment in Palo Alto is required. No visa sponsorship. Rivian emphasizes rigorous design, experimentation, and collaboration with engineers and product teams.

Qualifications

• Must be currently pursuing a masters or PhD degree at an accredited university.
• Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Engineering, or a closely related technical field.
• Exceptional Python programming ability and strong software-engineering fundamentals.
• Demonstrated experience building technically substantial AI/ML or LLM applications beyond introductory coursework.
• Strong foundation in algorithms, data structures, machine learning, statistics, and experimental design.
• Ability to independently navigate complex, ambiguous technical problems and deliver high-quality results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain technical trade-offs clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement sophisticated agentic systems that combine LLMs, tool use, retrieval, memory, and structured reasoning.
• Develop multi-agent and long-running workflows using LangGraph, LangChain, LlamaIndex, or equivalent custom architectures.
• Build advanced retrieval and knowledge systems using embeddings, vector databases, semantic search, and knowledge graphs.
• Create reusable platform components for agent orchestration, context management, evaluation, observability, and human oversight.
• Own meaningful technical deliverables from problem formulation and architecture through implementation, testing, and demonstration.
• Develop rigorous evaluation frameworks, golden datasets, automated metrics, and regression tests for nondeterministic AI systems.
• Integrate AI applications with enterprise APIs, databases, data platforms, and internal software systems.
• Perform systematic failure analysis and improve system accuracy, reliability, latency, scalability, and maintainability.
• Research emerging techniques in generative AI, agentic systems, and machine learning, then validate their value through disciplined experimentation.
• Collaborate with experienced AI engineers, researchers, product teams, and technical domain experts across Rivian.

Skills

Python programming

AI/ML applications

Software-engineering fundamentals

Strong communication

Education

Master's or PhD in CS/AI/ML/CE

Tools

LangGraph

LangChain

LlamaIndex

Job description

Rivian invites students to join its AI platform team for a production-grade internship focused on agentic AI, LLMs, and scalable AI systems. Eligible candidates are master’s or PhD students in CS/AI/ML/CE and must be enrolled during the internship term.

Spring Co-Op runs Jan-Aug 2027; full-time onsite commitment in Palo Alto is required. No visa sponsorship. Rivian emphasizes rigorous design, experimentation, and collaboration with engineers and product teams.