UIUC Research Park Intern - Machine Learning Hardware

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Rivian is on a mission to keep the world adventurous forever. This goes for the emissions‑free electric adventure vehicles we build, and the curious, courageous souls we seek to attract.

As a company, we constantly challenge what’s possible, never simply accepting what has always been done. We reframe old problems, seek new solutions and operate comfortably in areas that are unknown. Our backgrounds are diverse, but our team shares a love of the outdoors and a desire to protect it for future generations.

Internship Term:
Summer 2026

Rivian internships are experiences optimized for student candidates. To be eligible, you must be an undergraduate or graduate student in an accredited program during the internship term with an expected graduation date between December 2026 through May 2028. Rivian’s Internship Program requires active student enrollment. Information regarding your expected degree completion date is collected solely to verify eligibility and determine your availability for future full‑time opportunities.

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This role would focus on supporting power and performance trade‑off analysis on hardware for machine learning models.

• Work on software tools for machine learning compiler to enable inference of deep learning networks on Rivian hardware.
• Work closely with software engineers to bring up new models using compiler constraints on Rivian hardware.
• Analyze compiler‑generated solutions and evaluate for performance and memory usage.
• Verify functionality through functional simulation or emulation.
• Analyze tradeoffs on various performance metrics including accuracy, latency, and throughput.

• Must be currently pursuing a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree at the University of Illinois Urbana‑Champaign.
• Actively pursuing a degree or one closely related in Computer Engineering or Computer Science.
• Solid programming skills in C/C++ and Python. Willingness to dig into low‑level software programming if needed.
• Good understanding of algorithms for Computer Vision applications, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing, Artificial Intelligence, or related fields.
• Strong mathematical background and capability to analyze results.
• Good understanding of software fundamentals.
• Understanding of core deep learning principles (e.g., transformer architecture basics).
• Working knowledge of PyTorch for fine‑tuning and evaluating ML models.
• Must be available for 20 hours per week in the Fall and Spring and 40 hours in the summer.

The salary range for this role is $25.00–$40.00 per hour for normal based applicants. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, shift, and organizational needs.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including but not limited to paid vacation, paid sick leave, and medical insurance benefits. More information about benefits is available at

You can apply for this role through  (or through internal‑careers‑ if you are a current employee). This job is not expected to be closed any sooner than 4/10/2026.

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