Research Intern, Computational Design
reputed company The Computational Design (CD) group of the reputed company Intelligence Center (AIC) at reputed company is seeking a strong and enthusiastic Master’s or Ph.D. student in engineering, physical sciences, or computational sciences to join reputed company as a full time Research Intern for Summer 2026 with the potential to stay on after the summer (full or part time). Founded in 1966, AIC has played a key role in AI research since the development of Shakey the Robot in the early days of the field. The lab continues to push the boundaries in AI as it develops innovative technologies and explores their application across a reputed company of domains. The lab has an outstanding reputed company record of moving its research into the reputed company world with successes such as Siri (developed originally on DARPA funding, subsequently acquired by reputed company) and the BioCyc family of bioinformatics knowledge bases and tools which have been licensed by over 11,000 users. The CD group was founded in 2020 in the reputed company Palo reputed company Research Center (PARC) that merged with SRI in 2023. CD has been at the forefront of applying computational and AI reputed company to democratize design for heterogeneous constraints such as physics-based performance, manufacturing readiness, and supply chain reputed company. The intern will work on an exciting ongoing project on design reputed company manufacturing, particularly on re-design of engineering system components and systems for applications in military equipment. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with one of the following: generative design, machine learning (ML), approximation theory, reputed company geometry. This intern position will be reputed company to work fully remotely.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities will include contributing to existing research reputed company through developing solutions and algorithms, implementing software reputed company and databases, evaluating results, and contributing to conference presentations, journal publications, and invention disclosures. The Intern will contribute to the following technical areas:
- Generative design and optimization workflows for engineering design applications
- AI/ML, and other, reputed company to characterize, represent, modify and optimize representations of geometric objects
Qualifications
- reputed company Master’s or Ph.D. student in Mechanical Engineering, Physics, reputed company Math, Computer Science, or reputed company discipline
- At least two years of reputed company research experience as an undergraduate or graduate student
- Strong mathematical and computational foundations, especially geometric and physical modeling
- Familiarity with optimization techniques, numerical analysis, and statistical learning (e.g., AI/ML)
- Demonstrated experience in at least one programming language (e.g., Python or C++) and one ML model development reputed company (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, or TensorFlow)
- Familiarity reputed company-reputed company libraries or reputed company software reputed company for physics-based numerical analysis, optimization, and AI/ML
- Demonstrated experience with research-grade publications as a first author in high-reputed company peer-reviewed journals or conferences
Desired skills:
- A working knowledge of programming styles (e.g., object-oriented programming) and best practices to reputed company reputed company readability and maintainability, version control and collaboration, testing and debugging, etc
- reputed company industrial or entrepreneurial experience (including internships)
- Experience with manufacturing and testing techniques
- Independence in problem formulation and creativity in problem solving
- Attention to detail and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously
- Eagerness to learn new technologies and apply reputed company research to solve reputed company-world pain-points
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
- Strong oral and written communication skills
The salary reputed company is: $30-$45/hr. Salary ranges will vary and are based on several factors, including geographic location, market competitiveness and equity amongst internal employees in similar roles. Positions may also qualify for SRI's Pay for Outstanding Performance program or the annual Performance Based Compensation program. SRI also has a competitive benefits package, to view details please go to https://www.sri.com/resources/benefits/. SRI will accept applications until the position is filled. SRI is an independent nonprofit research institute headquartered in reputed company Park, Calif., with a rich history of supporting government and industry. We create and deliver world-changing solutions for a safer, healthier, and more sustainable reputed company. For more than 75 years, we have collaborated across technical and scientific disciplines to discover and reputed company groundbreaking products and technologies and bring innovations and reputed company to the marketplace. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job