Research Internship, Robotics

Compensation

Compensation depends on current degree enrollment:
Research Intern, Undergrad: $94,320 (Annually);
Research Intern, Masters: $106,110 (Annually);
Research Intern, PhD: $140,000 (Annually).

Ai2 is seeking passionate, early‑career researchers to join us for an internship. Undergraduate, Masters and PhD graduate students in AI‑related fields are invited to apply for full‑time research internships with us year‑round. Applicants should have an interest in computer vision, natural language processing, machine learning, robotics, agents, and/or embodied AI. International candidates are welcome to apply. Pay is competitive, and visa sponsorship is available.

• Duration: 12 weeks
• Start date:
  
  Flexible
• Candidates: A PhD candidate or a master/undergraduate student with a strong research background

Ai2's Robotics team is looking for PhD students (and strong Masters and Undergraduate interns) to join our team.

As a research intern in the Robotics team, you’ll have the unique opportunity to support the development and investigate core research problems in foundation models and skills for robotics, contribute to the development of completely open data sets, benchmarks, and models, and experiment with robots in the real world.

At Ai2, you will be working with world‑class AI researchers and talented software engineers. We perform team‑based, ambitious research, with a mandate to strive for big breakthroughs, not just incremental progress, in an exciting and interactive workplace.

All interns are paired with a mentor and will participate directly in Ai2's groundbreaking work. There are no restrictions on publications based on internships. Each of our research teams has a specific application for interested candidates, so please familiarize yourself with our projects and apply to the specific team(s) that best match your skills and interests.

Ai2 Research Interns will have the opportunity to do the following tasks:

• Reading the scientific literature to investigate and understand AI research
• Executing AI research under guidance of the mentor, which may include building AI systems or system components, developing datasets, and/or conducting experiments
• Meeting with the mentor to discuss research progress and ideas

To see more about our current, future, and past interns, check out our internship page on our website!

• Pursuing a degree in Computer Science or a similar field with research experience in computer vision, robotics, machine learning, natural language processing, language and vision, or related areas.
• Have an interest in cutting‑edge artificial intelligence research

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas so others will understand. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.
• The ability to observe details at close range.
• Can work under deadlines.

Ai2 is a Seattle‑based non‑profit AI research institute founded in 2014 by the late Paul Allen. Our mission is building breakthrough AI to solve the world's biggest problems. We develop foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real‑world impact through large‑scale open models, data, robotics, conservation, and beyond.

• Team members and their families are covered by medical, dental, vision, and an employee assistance program.
• Team members are able to enroll in our health savings account plan, our healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and our health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
• Team members will receive $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses and will also receive $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
• Team members will accrue sick days per year in line with Seattle sick time…