NVIDIA · 4 months ago
NVIDIA 2026 Internships: PhD Generative AI Research - US
US, CA, Santa Clara
Full-time
Onsite
New Grad
$30/hr - $94/hrNVIDIA is a leader in accelerated computing and AI, and they are seeking interns for their 2026 Generative AI focused Research Internships. The role involves designing and implementing algorithms in generative AI and collaborating with team members and external researchers to transfer research into product development.
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Responsibilities
Design and implement algorithms that push the boundaries of generative AI, computer vision, robotics, and other technology domains relevant to NVIDIA’s business
Collaborate with other team members, teams, and/or external researchers
Transfer your research to product groups to enable new products or types of products. Deliverable results include prototypes, patents, products, and/or publishing original research
Qualification
Required
Must be actively enrolled in a university pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, for the entire duration of the internship
Depending on the internship, prior experience or knowledge requirements could include the following programming skills and technologies: Python, C++, CUDA, Deep Learning Frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, Tensorflow, etc.)
Strong background in research with publications at top conferences
Excellent communication and collaboration skills
Preferred
Experience with large-scale model training is a plus
Potential internships require research experience in at least one of the following areas: Multimodal Foundation Models, Diffusion Models, World Models, Image, Video, or Audio Generation, Large Language Models, Vision-Language Models, Action-Based Transformers, Long Context Methods, Physics-Based Simulation, Flow Based Generative Models, Synthetic Data Generation, AI for Science, Protein/Molecule Generation, Climate Modeling and Weather Forecasting, Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
Benefits
Intern benefits
Company
NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
Founded in 1993
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$4.09BKey Investors
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Jensen Huang
Founder and CEO
Michael Kagan
Chief Technology Officer
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