PhD Research Intern, Efficient Deep Learning - 2027
$0k - $0k • Remote • US, CA, Santa Clara
Posted 7d ago
Job Location
US, CA, Santa Clara
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
Fully remote
Categories
AI Research Engineer
About the job
NVIDIA is seeking a PhD intern to join the Deep Learning Efficiency Research (DLER) team, focusing on research that pushes boundaries and has real-world impact. The team's core areas include efficient diffusion language and multimodal generative models, as well as efficient agentic AI with hybrid inference orchestration. We are also interested in post-training model optimization, efficient architecture design, adaptive inference, and resource-efficient training and finetuning. You will collaborate with a research team that consistently publishes at top venues, contributing to technologies that can impact NVIDIA's products.
Responsibilities
- Research, design, and implement novel methods for efficient deep learning in diffusion LLMs, multimodal models, or efficient agentic AI.
- Explore areas such as sampling efficiency, adaptive unmasking, self-speculation, parallel decoding, training and distillation pipelines for diffusion models.
- Investigate hybrid inference orchestration, routing and scheduling policies, on-device vs. cloud expert delegation, and resource-aware agent loops for agentic AI.
- Publish original research findings.
- Collaborate with internal team members and external researchers.
- Work with product groups to transfer developed technology.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Excellent knowledge of machine learning and deep learning theory and practice.
- Experience with large language models, diffusion language models, multimodal/vision-language models, or agentic systems.
- Hands-on experience with large-scale model training, including data preparation and model parallelization (tensor and pipeline).
- Demonstrated outstanding research track record with at least one publication in a top-tier conference (e.g., ICML, ICLR, NeurIPS, CVPR, ICCV).
- Excellent communication skills.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Generous benefits package
- Internship hourly rates: 38 USD - 94 USD
- Eligibility for Intern benefits