PhD Summer Intern: AI Foundations, Generative Modeling & RL

First Roles; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 97,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid onsite internship

Job summary

Waymo in Mountain View, CA is offering a 2027 Summer Internship for PhD candidates in AI Foundations. You will design and run experiments on large-scale generative or foundation model training recipes and collaborate with researchers to integrate novel techniques into production training pipelines.

The role requires enrollment in a PhD program in CS, AI, or robotics, strong background in deep learning and transformers, and proficiency in Python and DL frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or

Qualifications

• Currently enrolled in a PhD program in CS, AI, robotics or related field.
• Strong background in deep learning and transformer architectures.
• Proficiency with Python and DL frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow).

Responsibilities

• Design and conduct experiments on large-scale generative or foundation model training recipes.
• Analyze model evaluation metrics to identify performance bottlenecks and optimization strategies.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to integrate novel techniques into production training pipelines.

Skills

Deep learning

Transformer models

Python

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Education

PhD candidate in Computer Science

Tools

PyTorch

JAX

TensorFlow

Job description

Waymo in Mountain View, CA is offering a 2027 Summer Internship for PhD candidates in AI Foundations. You will design and run experiments on large-scale generative or foundation model training recipes and collaborate with researchers to integrate novel techniques into production training pipelines.

The role requires enrollment in a PhD program in CS, AI, or robotics, strong background in deep learning and transformers, and proficiency in Python and DL frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or