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Toyota Research Institute · 1 day ago

Human Interactive Driving Intern – World Models

Los Altos, CA

Internship

Hybrid

Intern

$40/hr - $58/hr

Start in 2026 Summer

Toyota Research Institute (TRI) is focused on improving the quality of human life through innovative technologies. The Human Interactive Driving Intern will conduct original research at the intersection of machine learning and autonomous driving, contributing to the development of world models and enhancing decision-making in real-world driving environments.

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Comp. & Benefits

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Conduct original research in one or more areas: world modeling, multi-agent interaction, reinforcement learning, perception, or simulation-to-reality transfer

Collaborate closely with full-time researchers on the design, training, and evaluation of learning-based driving systems

Contribute to building and experimenting with task-aware, multi-modal, and uncertainty-aware models

Develop and evaluate prototypes in closed-loop simulation environments and, time permitting, on high-performance autonomous driving hardware

Present research findings through internal talks and work towards a top-tier academic publication

Integrate and work with large-scale datasets (open-source and internal)

Qualification

Machine LearningDeep LearningReinforcement LearningPythonPyTorch3D PerceptionWorld ModelsModel-based RLAWS ServicesCollaboration Skills

Required

Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, or a related field

Strong background in machine learning, particularly in areas such as deep learning, generative models, reinforcement learning, or probabilistic modeling

Demonstrated experience with one or more of the following: World models (e.g., latent dynamics, diffusion-based models), Model-based RL or decision-making, 3D perception or sensor fusion, and Large-scale simulation for robotics or autonomous systems

Prior publication(s) in top-tier conferences (NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, ICRA, CoRL, etc.)

Proficiency with Python and PyTorch

Preferred

Familiarity with AWS services (S3, EC2, and SageMaker) and open-source driving datasets (nuScenes, Waymo, Argoverse, etc.) is a plus

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off benefits (including holiday pay and sick time)

Company

Toyota Research Institute

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Toyota Research Institute is an R&D enterprise with an initial focus on artificial intelligence and robotics.

Founded in 2016

Palo Alto, California, USA

201-500 employees

http://www.tri.global

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