Fall 2026 Vision AI Intern: Diffusion & Video

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. in; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 113,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing allowance

Onsite work

Job summary

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking a Computer Vision Engineering Intern for Fall 2026. Join a leading R&D group to advance vision foundation/diffusion models for robotic endoscopic video technologies and multimodal analysis.

You will conduct literature surveys, develop algorithms, and evaluate on large-scale video datasets, working closely with researchers to push real‑world AI platforms forward.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding and hands-on experience in computer vision, deep learning, and video analysis.
• Knowledge in large vision-language models, generative diffusion models, or multimodal learning.
• Proficiency in Python or C++ with PyTorch, OpenCV, and related tools.

Responsibilities

• Explore state‑of‑the‑art CV models for video understanding, including diffusion models.
• Prototype novel algorithms and evaluate on public and proprietary datasets.
• Summarize literature findings in reports and presentations.

Skills

Computer vision

Deep learning

Video analysis

Python/C++

PyTorch/OpenCV/DINO-CLIP

Research communication

Independent prototyping

Education

PhD student or Master’s level with relevant experience

Tools

PyTorch

OpenCV

DINO/CLIP

HuggingFace Transformers

Job description

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. is seeking a Computer Vision Engineering Intern for Fall 2026. Join a leading R&D group to advance vision foundation/diffusion models for robotic endoscopic video technologies and multimodal analysis.

You will conduct literature surveys, develop algorithms, and evaluate on large-scale video datasets, working closely with researchers to push real‑world AI platforms forward.