General Motors · 7 hours ago
2026 Summer Intern – Machine Learning Systems Engineer – Autonomous Driving (Master's Degree)
Sunnyvale, CA
Internship
Hybrid
Intern
$7,300/mo - $10,600/mo
Start in 2026 SummerGeneral Motors is building a state-of-the-art AI training platform for Autonomous driving. As an intern, you will help develop and optimize the AI training platform by improving data processing pipelines and enhancing testing infrastructure.
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Responsibilities
Develop scalable infrastructure and tools to support model training, regression, and rules-based models, operations, and inference
Suggest, collect and synthesize requirements and create effective feature roadmap
Code deliverables in tandem with the engineering team
Adapt standard machine learning methods to best exploit modern parallel environments (e.g. distributed clusters, multicore SMP, and GPU)
Perform specific responsibilities which vary by team
Qualification
Required
Currently enrolled in a full-time, degree-seeking program and in the process of obtaining a Master's degree in computer science or a related technical field
Experience in systems software or algorithms
Experience with modern object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Java, C++, Python)
Strong communication skills with experience collaborating across cross-functional teams
Able to work fulltime, 40 hours per week
Preferred
Demonstrated software engineer experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions
Familiarity with AI –assisted engineering tools (e.g., for code generation, model analysis, or experiment planning) to enhance productivity and understanding of ML systems
Demonstrated creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities
Research and/or work experience in a relevant field, such as machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, NLP, recommendation systems, pattern recognition, signal processing, data mining, artificial intelligence, or computer vision
Experience with distributed systems (e.g., Spark, Ray, Kubernetes, Slurm)
Experience in CUDA, OpenCL, Triton or other accelerator programming language
Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship
Graduating between December 2026 and August 2027
Benefits
Paid US GM Holidays
GM Family First Vehicle Discount Program
Result-based potential for growth within GM
Intern events to network with company leaders and peers
Company
General Motors
General Motors is an automotive company that designs, produces, markets, and distributes vehicles and vehicle parts.
Founded in 1908
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$8.51BKey Investors
US Department of Energy
2025-05-05Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2024-10-31Grant· $8M
2024-07-11Grant· $500M
Leadership Team
Mary Barra
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
Tony Cervone
Senior Vice President, Global Communications
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