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Research Scientist Intern, Core AI - Vision and Multi-Modal (PhD)

6 days ago San Mateo, CA

The Core AI group at Reality Lab Research is seeking an outstanding Research Scientist Intern to join and advance multi-modal/vision research. As an intern, you will conduct impactful and ambitious research projects about vision and multi-modal and work in a top-tier industrial lab environment.Your research project includes but not is limited to:Spatial ReasoningVision language modelsVisual generation/world modelingUnified visual understanding and generationOur internships are twelve (12) to twenty four (24) weeks long and we have flexible start dates throughout the calendar year.

Research Scientist Intern, Core AI - Vision and Multi-Modal (PhD) Responsibilities:

  • Plan and execute impactful research to advance the state-of-the-art in vision or multi-modal foundation models.
  • Publish research findings in top-tier conferences, release code, and effectively present research outcomes to internal and external audiences.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Programming experience in Python, deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch
  • Research and/or work experience in computer vision, multi-modal language models or generative models
  • Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading conferences such as CVPR, ECCV/ICCV, ICLR, ICML, NeurIPS
  • Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience in large scale vision/multi-modal model training/evaluation
  • Experience in large scale vision data collection and curation
  • Experience building systems based on machine learning, reinforcement learning and/or deep learning methods
  • Demonstrated SWE or research experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub), or top-tier publications
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$7,650/month to $12,134/month + benefits

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Client-provided location(s): San Mateo, CA
Job ID: a1KDp00000E2fykMAB
Employment Type: INTERN
Posted: 2025-10-25T19:56:23

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Health Reimbursement Account
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • FSA With Employer Contribution
    • HSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • On-Site Gym
    • Mental Health Benefits
  • Parental Benefits

    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Commuter Benefits Program
    • Casual Dress
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • Company Outings
    • On-Site Cafeteria
    • Holiday Events
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K)
    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Pension
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
    • Mentor Program
    • Shadowing Opportunities
    • Access to Online Courses
    • Lunch and Learns
    • Internship Program
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