PhD Summer Intern: AI Foundations, Generative Modeling & RL

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Waymo in Mountain View, CA is offering a 2027 Summer Internship for PhD candidates in AI Foundations. You will design and run experiments on large-scale generative or foundation model training recipes and collaborate with researchers to integrate novel techniques into production training pipelines.

The role requires enrollment in a PhD program in CS, AI, or robotics, strong background in deep learning and transformers, and proficiency in Python and DL frameworks such as PyTorch, JAX, or

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