Research Scientist—AI & Algorithmic Innovations Intern: 2026

• Designing novel AI architectures and training algorithms to improve the efficiency, robustness, and scalability of generative models across multi-modal tasks.

• Creating and testing single- and multi-agent systems, introducing new optimization and learning strategies that redefine state-of-the-art performance.

• Investigating innovative techniques in model alignment, adaptive learning, and resource-efficient training for real-world impact.

• Advancing foundation models for urgent global sustainability challenges.

You will help define research challenges, prototype and evaluate solutions, design experiments, and share findings through patent applications and publications in top-tier venues.

To Apply please submit:

• CV

• One-page cover letter highlighting relevant experience, especially in AI, algorithmic innovation and the research themes described above.

Required education

Master's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• Enrolment in a Master's or PhD program in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.

• Strong programming skills (e.g., Python).

• Demonstrated ability to tackle analytical problems with rigorous, quantitative approaches.

• Experience developing, training, and evaluating deep neural networks.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Expertise with ML frameworks such as PyTorch.

• Research or practical experience with generative models (e.g., large language models, multi-modal foundation models).

• Background in algorithm design or optimization techniques (e.g., novel training objectives, efficient inference strategies).

• Record of clear research communication, evidenced by publications or presentations at premier AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR).

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.

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At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

For additional information about location requirements, please discuss with the recruiter following submission of your application.

Client-provided location(s): Warrington, United Kingdom

Job ID: IBM-59610

Employment Type: INTERN

Posted: 2025-09-20T18:47:29