AI Research Intern: Real-World Robotics

Atoms; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 83,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress. We seek an AI Research Intern to bridge high-level AI research with real-world actuation for autonomous transport platforms.

You will contribute to core research on Perception, World Models and Action models, translating breakthroughs into scalable deployment. You will join a founding team in Mountain View/San Francisco, work onsite with rigorous simulation and real-world experiments, and help shape how our platforms perceive,

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program in CS/EECS/Robotics/AI.
• Experience with Generative World Models, Video Generation or Diffusion Models.
• Proficiency in Python; working knowledge of C++.
• Familiarity with PyTorch or JAX is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and adapt emerging AI research into internal model pipelines and validate on real-world data and simulations.
• Prototype and evaluate RL, trajectory planning, and distillation methods from current literature.
• Train and fine-tune multimodal models mapping sensor inputs to vehicle actuation.
• Experiment with world model architectures using multi-sensor data to improve simulation fidelity.
• Analyze edge cases and failures in new driving environments to improve robustness.
• Run rigorous simulation experiments with validation teams to identify bottlenecks and improvements.

Skills

Generative World Models

Video Generation

Diffusion Models

VLA models

Reinforcement Learning

Trajectory Optimization

Decision Making

Multimodal Transformers

Python

C++

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science / EECS / Robotics / AI or related field

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

Job description

Atoms is building the machines that power the next era of progress. We seek an AI Research Intern to bridge high-level AI research with real-world actuation for autonomous transport platforms.

You will contribute to core research on Perception, World Models and Action models, translating breakthroughs into scalable deployment. You will join a founding team in Mountain View/San Francisco, work onsite with rigorous simulation and real-world experiments, and help shape how our platforms perceive,