AI Research Intern: RL & LLM Post-Training

AMD; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 36,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

AMD is seeking an AI Research Intern in Santa Clara for Summer 2027. You will work on RL and post-training methods for language and code models, designing experiments, and analyzing results with a focus on reproducibility.

The role offers full-time hybrid or onsite work and collaborators across research and infrastructure teams. Ideal candidates are PhD students in CS/ML/EE with PyTorch experience and publications in ML conferences.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in CS/ML/EE or related field.
• Strong fundamentals in reinforcement learning and deep learning.
• Experience with Python and PyTorch for ML experiments.

Responsibilities

• Research and prototype RL methods for post-training language and code models.
• Explore policy optimization and reward modeling techniques.
• Design controlled experiments and analyze results with reproducibility.

Skills

Reinforcement learning

Python

PyTorch

Experiment design

Education

PhD in Computer Science / ML / Electrical or Computer Engineering

Tools

GPU computing

Distributed training

Job description

AMD is seeking an AI Research Intern in Santa Clara for Summer 2027. You will work on RL and post-training methods for language and code models, designing experiments, and analyzing results with a focus on reproducibility.

The role offers full-time hybrid or onsite work and collaborators across research and infrastructure teams. Ideal candidates are PhD students in CS/ML/EE with PyTorch experience and publications in ML conferences.