Research Intern, World Models and Synthetic Data for Autonomous Driving

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TL;DR · Research Intern, World Models and Synthetic Data for Autonomous Driving

Research Intern, World Models and Synthetic Data for Autonomous Driving - Summer 2027 will join the Autonomous Vehicle Applied Research team to advance safe autonomy through generative world models and synthetic data. The intern will research and prototype generative world models, traffic world models, and synthetic-data generation methods to capture multi-agent interactions and reactive behaviors. Key responsibilities include developing controllable generation for safety-critical driving scenarios and exploring how generative video models, multimodal foundation models, and self-supervised learning improve training-data quality. The role requires proficiency in Python, modern deep learning frameworks, 3D computer vision, and robotics. The work focuses on using generative models to create diverse, long-tail driving experiences to improve the robustness and generalization of autonomous systems while contributing to high-impact research publications.

What you'll do

  • Research and prototype generative world models and synthetic data generation methods for autonomous driving.
  • Develop traffic world models that capture multi-agent interactions and realistic, reactive behaviors.
  • Create methods for the controllable generation of diverse, interactive, and safety-critical driving scenarios.
  • Explore how generative video models and multimodal foundation models can improve training-data quality and coverage.
  • Design and conduct experiments to evaluate how generated data affects AV model performance and robustness.
  • Translate recent advances in generative modeling into practical approaches for autonomous driving systems.
  • Contribute to high-impact research publications and open research efforts.

What we're looking for

  • Currently pursuing a Ph.D. or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, Robotics, or a related field.
  • Research experience in deep learning, computer vision, generative modeling, multimodal learning, robotics, or autonomous driving.
  • Strong foundations in machine learning and deep learning with hands-on experience developing and evaluating neural-network models.
  • Experience in generative models, video generation, multimodal learning, 3D computer vision, autonomous driving, or robotics.
  • Strong mathematical and analytical skills with an interest in designing rigorous experiments.
  • Strong Python programming skills and experience with modern deep learning frameworks.
  • Publications or research projects at conferences such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, or related venues (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with generative world models, video generation, diffusion models, autoregressive models, multimodal foundation models, or synthetic-data generation (preferred).

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