Zendar · 6 hours ago
Machine Learning Research Intern (for PhDs) - World Modeling / Scene Understanding
Berkeley, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$55/hr - $55/hrZendar is a company focused on developing advanced radar-based vehicular perception systems for automotive applications. They are seeking a research-oriented Machine Learning Intern to contribute to scene-level world modeling and develop representations that capture occupancy and motion of the environment using multi-sensor perception.
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Responsibilities
Contribute to the design and implementation of scene-level world models for autonomy
Develop and experiment with occupancy, free-space, and dynamic occupancy / flow representations
Train and evaluate spatiotemporal deep learning models
Work with real-world sensor data from radar, camera, and lidar
Help define evaluation metrics and analyze model behavior over time and across edge cases
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
Strong interest or prior experience in scene-level world modeling (occupancy, free space, motion, dynamics) and unsupervised or semi-supervised learning techniques
Experience (projects, publications, or thesis work) with spatio-temporal modeling
Experience working with any real-world sensor data (camera, lidar, radar, or multi-sensor)
Proficiency with Python and a major deep learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
Benefits
Daily catered lunch and a stocked fridge in the Berkeley office
Company
Zendar
Zendar develops high-definition radar for autonomous vehicles.
Founded in 2017
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$22.55MKey Investors
NXP SemiconductorsHyundai MobisKhosla Ventures
2023-11-02Series Unknown
2022-01-27Series B· $4M
2021-06-18Series Unknown· $8M
Leadership Team
Jimmy Wang
Chief Product Officer and Co-Founder
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