Applied Scientist RD Internship 2027

International Business Machines Corporation; Cambridge (MA); On-site; USD 28,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM in Cambridge, MA invites ambitious AI Applied Scientist Interns to join a hands-on research program. You will help advance foundation models, multimodal AI, and enterprise AI initiatives, working in small, mentored teams from ideation to publication and patent pursuit.The internship covers diverse topics, including AI for software engineering, knowledge graphs, and automation, with publication-ready results and collaborative opportunities across IBM's open innovation ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Identify core challenges in AI applications and design novel prototype solutions.
• Validate ideas through rigorous experimentation and benchmarking.
• shepherd projects from ideation to completion in mentored teams.
• Disseminate results through publications and patent applications.

Skills

Applied research

Prototype design

Experimentation

Multimodal AI

Job description

As an AI Applied Scientist Intern, you will engage in the applied research lifecycle to pioneer new advancements in artificial intelligence. Your role will involve identifying core challenges, designing novel prototype solutions, and validating them through rigorous experimentation. You will help advance our research in foundation models and multimodal AI, business process intelligence and automation, IT and industrial automation, AI for software engineering, reliable and scalable agentic systems, AI security and trustworthiness, enterprise knowledge graphs, continual agent learning and adaptation, and knowledge-guided workflow orchestration. Collaborating in small, mentored teams, you will be responsible for shepherding projects from ideation to completion. A key objective is to disseminate significant results through publications in leading conferences and patent applications, contributing to both the academic community and IBM's open innovation initiatives.

Program Dates: Internship start dates vary based on your academic calendar.

• Semester System: May 24, 2027 - August 13, 2027
• Quarter System: June 14, 2027 - September 3, 2027

Candidates must be available to participate for the full duration of the internship corresponding to their academic schedule.

Location Flexibility: By applying to this requisition, you acknowledge and agree to be considered for any of the listed locations associated with this position and are willing to work at the location where you are ultimately assigned.