Embodied AI Research Intern: Autonomous Driving

General Motors LLC; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 132,000 - 153,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid US holidays

GM Family First Vehicle Discount

Mentorship and hands-on ML foundation

Intern events and networking

Job summary

General Motors LLC invites applications for an Embodied AI Research Intern in Sunnyvale. You will frame research questions, run experiments, and develop prototypes at the intersection of machine learning, robotics and autonomous driving.

You’ll train models on large datasets, analyze results, and communicate findings to researchers and engineers. You’ll collaborate with perception, planning, robotics, and systems teams, contribute to publications or open-source work, and gain mentorship while

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or in the process of obtaining a Masters in Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Robotics, or a related technical field.
• Strong understanding of modern machine learning and deep learning methods.
• Proficiency in Python and experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, or another machine learning framework.
• Demonstrated AI/ML research experience through coursework, academic projects, publications, or comparable work.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with experience designing experiments and interpreting results.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a cross-functional, team-oriented environment.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Availability to work full-time, 40 hours per week, during the internship period.

Responsibilities

• Formulate research problems and develop prototypes for autonomous driving applications.
• Design and run experiments, ablation studies, and quantitative evaluations.
• Train and benchmark models using large-scale datasets and distributed compute infrastructure.
• Analyze model behavior, failure cases, generalization, and performance tradeoffs.
• Collaborate with perception, planning, robotics, controls, and systems engineering teams.
• Contribute to technical discussions, research documentation, publications, patents, or open-source work where appropriate.
• Present findings clearly to technical and cross-functional audiences.

Skills

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

ML research

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in ML/AI/CS/Robotics

Tools

JAX

Job description

General Motors LLC invites applications for an Embodied AI Research Intern in Sunnyvale. You will frame research questions, run experiments, and develop prototypes at the intersection of machine learning, robotics and autonomous driving.

You’ll train models on large datasets, analyze results, and communicate findings to researchers and engineers. You’ll collaborate with perception, planning, robotics, and systems teams, contribute to publications or open-source work, and gain mentorship while