Robotics Research Intern — AI, Manipulation & RL

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Intern benefits

Job summary

NVIDIA’s Seattle Robotics Lab seeks PhD-candidate interns to contribute to robotics and AI research. You will develop algorithms for manipulation, integrate them into real-world robotic systems, and collaborate on multi-person research projects that span perception, planning, control, and reinforcement learning.

Interns engage with the academic community through high-impact publications and code releases, while developing AI agents to accelerate research with robust validation and

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a PhD program in Robotics, ML, CS, EE, ME, or related field.
• First-author work published in top robotics/AI venues is highly desirable.
• Strong programming skills in Python; familiarity with C++, CUDA a plus.
• Excellent communication and collaboration abilities.
• Experience with robotics frameworks (ROS2) and physics simulators (MuJoCo, Isaac Sim).
• Fluency with PyTorch or JAX.

Responsibilities

• Develop algorithms and methods for robotic manipulation and loco-manipulation.
• Integrate methods into real-world robotic systems (arms, manipulators, mobile platforms).
• Contribute to multi-person research projects across robotics and ML stacks.
• Engage with academia through publications, conferences, and code releases.
• Develop AI agents to accelerate research while ensuring correctness and reproducibility.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Education

PhD in Robotics/ML/CS/EE/ME or related

Tools

Python

C++

CUDA

Warp

PyTorch

JAX

ROS2

MuJoCo

Isaac Sim

Isaac Lab

Job description

NVIDIA’s Seattle Robotics Lab seeks PhD-candidate interns to contribute to robotics and AI research. You will develop algorithms for manipulation, integrate them into real-world robotic systems, and collaborate on multi-person research projects that span perception, planning, control, and reinforcement learning.

Interns engage with the academic community through high-impact publications and code releases, while developing AI agents to accelerate research with robust validation and