2026 Intern, Phd Research Scientist

Waabi Waabi · Robotics · Toronto, ON +2 · Research

Research Scientist intern role focused on developing novel AI algorithms for autonomous vehicles, pushing the frontiers of the field, and publishing research at top conferences. Requires a PhD in a relevant technical field and a publication record.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead or Contribute to an AI research project, pushing the frontiers of the field by developing new algorithms for Autonomous Vehicle (AV). This includes topics such as perception, prediction, motion planning, controls, simulation, mapping, localization, core AI, etc.
  2. Design, implement, train, and optimize novel algorithms on self-driving vehicles and various production systems.
  3. Be encouraged to submit and publish work externally at top machine learning, computer vision, and robotics conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, etc.), post to our company blog.

Skills

Required

  • PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
  • Demonstrated research/software engineering experience: through previous internships, work experience, coding competitions, and/or research projects and papers.
  • At least one publication in top Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or Robotics conferences.
  • Strong quantitative background and coursework in or working knowledge of linear algebra, calculus, and probability.
  • Proficient in reading and coding in Python and/or C++.

Nice to have

  • Open-minded and collaborative team player with willingness to help others.
  • Passionate about self-driving technologies, solving hard problems, and creating innovative solutions.

What the JD emphasized

  • Pursuing PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, AI, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics and/or similar technical field(s) of study.
  • At least one publication in top Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or Robotics conferences.

Other signals

  • developing new algorithms for Autonomous Vehicle (AV)
  • pushing the frontiers of the field
  • submit and publish work externally at top machine learning, computer vision, and robotics conferences