RL Robotics Research Intern - Embodied AI & Autonomy

The Robot Age; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Intuition is looking for research interns focused on reinforcement learning for robotics. The posting places the work in a research group building technology for physical AI, including robotic generalists, humanoids, and dexterous hands.

The role is best suited to someone who wants an internship close to model research, simulation, and embodied autonomy rather than a conventional software internship.

Qualifications

• Active research interest in reinforcement learning, robotics, or embodied AI.
• Ability to implement and evaluate learning-based methods.
• Comfort moving between papers, experiments, and working systems.
• Interest in physical robot behavior, not just abstract model training.

Responsibilities

• Run reinforcement learning experiments for robotic and embodied AI systems.
• Use simulation and fleet-scale infrastructure to evaluate learned behavior.
• Collaborate with researchers working across autonomy and robotics.
• Contribute research code that can inform practical physical AI systems.

Skills

Reinforcement learning

Robotics

Embodied AI

Research internship

Job description

Applied Intuition is looking for research interns focused on reinforcement learning for robotics. The posting places the work in a research group building technology for physical AI, including robotic generalists, humanoids, and dexterous hands.

The role is best suited to someone who wants an internship close to model research, simulation, and embodied autonomy rather than a conventional software internship.