PhD Research Intern, Robotics and/or Autonomous Vehicles – 2025

By submitting your resume, you’re expressing interest in one of our 2025 Robotics & AV Research focused Internships. We’ll review resumes on an ongoing basis, and a recruiter may reach out if your experience fits one of our many internship opportunities. 

Intelligent machines powered by Artificial Intelligence that can learn, reason, and interact with people are no longer science fiction. An AI-powered robot can build 3D maps of its environment, detect and track real-life objects, learn from simulated environments, and understand language commands. This is truly an extraordinary time — the era of AI has begun. NVIDIA Research has several teams looking for world-class Research Interns including, but not limited to, the Robotics Research Lab in Seattle, Washington, and Santa Clara, California, the Generalist Embodied Agent Research (GEAR) group, and the Autonomous Vehicles Research Group. 

The Robotics Research Lab is passionate about enabling robots to reach human-level dexterity, perception, and adaptability. We are a diverse and interdisciplinary team to work on core robotics topics ranging from control and perception to task planning and critical areas related to Sim2Real and large vision-language-action models. Our interns have the opportunity to publish original research. 

The GEAR group collaborative research team that consistently produces influential works on multimodal foundation models, large-scale robot learning, game AI, and physical simulation. Our past projects include Eureka, VIMA, Voyager, MineDojo, MimicPlay, Prismer, and more. One of our team’s most recent milestones includes Project GR00T, a foundation model for humanoid robots. Your contributions will have a significant impact on our moonshot research projects and product roadmaps. 

The Autonomous Vehicle Research Group brings together a diverse and interdisciplinary set of researchers to address core topics in vehicle autonomy ranging from perception, prediction, planning and control, to long-tail generalization and robustness, as well as advance the state-of-the-art in a number of critical related fields such as foundation models, self-supervised learning, scenario generation and simulation, decision making under uncertainty, and the verification and validation of safety-critical AI systems. 

What you will be doing: 

• Work with experts in robotics and learning to define your research project. 

• Design and implement advanced techniques for robot perception, planning, and control, as well as new AI models for humanoid robots, autonomous vehicles, and embodied agents. 

• Collaborate with other research team members and a diverse set of internal product teams. 

• Have a broader impact through transfer and/or open-source of the technology you’ve developed to relevant product groups. 

What we need to see: 

• Currently pursuing a PhD Degree in Computer Science, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, or a related field 

• Experience in one or more of the following areas: 

• Robot Manipulation 

• Robot Control 

• 3D Computer Vision 

• Physics-Based Simulation 

• Human-Robot Interaction 

• Humanoid Robots 

• Embodied Agents 

• Large Vision and Language Models 

• Reinforcement Learning 

• Deep Understanding of Robot Kinematics, Dynamics, and Sensors 

• Autonomous Vehicles 

• Foundation Models 

• Self-Supervised Learning 

• Scenario Generation and Simulation 

• Verification and Validation of Safety-Critical AI Systems 

• Programming experience and proficiency in Python (main), C, or C++ 

• Experience with CUDA and deep learning frameworks (i.e TensorFlow or PyTorch) 

• Strong background in research with publications from top robotics and AI conferences (i.e. RSS, CORL, ICRA, CVPR, NeurIPS) 

• Excellent communication skills. 

NVIDIA is widely considered one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world. Are you a creative and collaborative researcher with a real passion for computer graphics? If so, we want to hear from you! 

The hourly rate for our interns is 30 USD – 90 USD. Our internship hourly rates are a standard pay determined based on the position and your location, year in school, degree, and experience.

You will also be eligible for Intern benefits. NVIDIA accepts applications on an ongoing basis. ​

NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.