FY27 Intern - Deep Learning Research Internship - Embodied AI - Canada (4 Months)

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In short

Qualcomm is seeking a motivated intern for a Deep Learning Research Internship focused on Embodied AI in Markham, Canada. The role involves research in areas like manipulation, loco-manipulation on humanoid robots, and reinforcement learning, utilizing Python and PyTorch. This 4-month internship, for the 2027 intern class, requires in-progress studies towards a degree in engineering or computer science, with a minimum of 1 year of programming experience.

Responsibilities

Contribute to research and development of deep learning models for Embodied AI tasks.
Implement and evaluate algorithms using Python and PyTorch.
Collaborate with researchers and engineers to explore novel approaches in robotics and multimodal learning.

Requirements

Strong foundation in deep learning, machine learning, and/or robotics.
Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch.
In study towards a bachelor’s, Master's, or PHD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, Computer Science, or related field.
For 4-month internships: must be available May or June 2027 - August or September 2027
Expected graduation date of November 2027 or later.
1+ years of academic experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Python, etc

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with large vision-language models (VLMs) or vision-language-action models (VLAs).
Hands-on experience with robotics simulators.
Experience with reinforcement learning or imitation learning.