Spring 2027: Physical AI & Robotics Intern

BMW; Mountain View (CA); Hybrid; USD 61,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Paid time off

Hybrid work environment

Intern Vehicle Lease Program

Job summary

BMW invites current master's students to join a Spring 2027 Internship in Mountain View, CA, to scout cutting-edge robotics and AI technologies and support PoCs with partners and universities. The role emphasizes evaluating trends, communicating findings, and collaborating with BMW teams across manufacturing and digitalization.

The program offers hybrid work with pay rates of $32.50/hour for undergraduates and $40.00/hour for graduates.

Qualifications

• Enrolled in a master's degree program at an accredited college or university.
• US Work Authorization required.
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
• Completed at least 60 college credit hours at the time of application.
• Ability to work full-time (36.25 hours/week).
• Must submit an unofficial college transcript with your application.

Responsibilities

• Scout emerging U.S.-based technologies, startups, research institutions, and industry players in Physical AI, Robotics, Vision-Language-Action models, Robotic Foundation Models, and selected AI-enabled software development approaches and tools.
• Evaluate technology trends, business models, and market developments to identify opportunities relevant for BMW production systems and manufacturing processes.
• Support benchmarking activities of humanoid robots, mobile manipulators, foundation models, and AI-enabled automation solutions.
• Analyze data strategies for large-scale robotics deployment, including data acquisition, labeling, synthetic data generation, and scalable training approaches.
• Support planning, execution, and evaluation of PoCs with technology partners, startups, universities, and industrial suppliers.
• Develop technology assessments and recommendations considering scalability, maturity, business impact, implementation effort, and strategic relevance for BMW.
• Create management-ready reports, presentations, and technology overviews to communicate scouting results and project findings.
• Collaborate with internal BMW stakeholders across production, technology development, innovation management, and digitalization functions.
• Investigate how Physical AI and Robotics technologies can improve cost, quality, flexibility, and productivity in future manufacturing environments.

Skills

Robotics knowledge

Python

PyTorch

ROS

Data analysis

Teamwork

Education

Master's degree candidate in Robotics / AI

Completed at least 60 college credit hours

Tools

ROS

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Isaac Sim

Mujoco

Job description

BMW invites current master's students to join a Spring 2027 Internship in Mountain View, CA, to scout cutting-edge robotics and AI technologies and support PoCs with partners and universities. The role emphasizes evaluating trends, communicating findings, and collaborating with BMW teams across manufacturing and digitalization.

The program offers hybrid work with pay rates of $32.50/hour for undergraduates and $40.00/hour for graduates.