Machine Learning Internship, Manipulation

About The Role

Persona AI is seeking a Machine Learning Intern (Manipulation) to contribute to the development of our machine learning models and infrastructure. This is an opportunity to work with humanoid robots and solve practical problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the ML team to develop and improve machine learning models and the infrastructure.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of models in the real world.
• Collaborate on the design and development of the Persona ML software stack and support its application in manipulation, navigation, locomotion, and perception.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience with deep learning frameworks (Pytorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.).
• Experience with cloud computing to develop models, manage data, etc. (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Capable of writing high-quality software.
• Strong first principles thinker.

Qualifications

• Experience and relevant projects in robot learning.
• Strong understanding of the state of the art research in robot learning (behavior cloning and reinforcement learning for manipulation, world models, etc.).
• Understanding of the challenges of deploying neural network models in the real world.
• Courage and grit to tackle some of the hardest problems in embodied AI.
• Enthusiasm for working collaboratively in a high-paced team environment.
• Thrive in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.

Preferred Or Bonus Qualifications

• An advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in computer science, robotics, machine learning, or another related field.
• Published papers at top ML/Robotics conferences (ICML, ICRA, CoRL, RSS, NeurIPS).