Research Scientist Intern, Multimodal and Multitasking Machine Learning (PhD)
Redmond, WAInternship$7,650–12,667/moSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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Meta Reality Labs Research seeks a PhD-level intern to work on foundational AI technologies for multitasking, multimodal understanding, privacy, and AI assistant functionality on wearable systems. The internship focuses on efficient machine learning algorithms, hardware-optimized machine perception, and systems for AI assistants. Internships last 12 to 24 weeks, with start dates throughout the year.
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Summary:
Meta’s mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Meta are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities — we're just getting started.Meta Reality Labs Research is looking for upcoming scientists and researchers with great interest in algorithm/hardware co-design and acceleration of AI machine learning applications, efficient sensing, and ML algorithms for AR/VR applications. Our team specializes in developing state-of-the-art hardware optimized algorithms for machine perception. With the vision of always-on AI assistance, our team is focusing on cutting edge systems that can facilitate and bring AI assistants powered by LLMs to wearables systems. This internship will focus on aspects of foundational AI technologies around multitasking, multimodal understanding (audio, visual, spatial, etc), privacy, or others that support AI assistant functionalities.Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.
Required Skills:
Research Scientist Intern, Multimodal and Multitasking Machine Learning (PhD) Responsibilities:
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Research on design / model / execution of efficient ML algorithms.
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Research on novel ML or computational imaging algorithms for applications and optimize existing algorithms.
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Research on development and optimization of edge computing algorithms (ML and non-ML).
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Collaboration with and support of other researchers across various disciplines.
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Communication of research agenda, progress and results.
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Prototyping, building and characterizing experimental systems and custom hardware.
Minimum Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications:
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Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD in the fields of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
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Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
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2+ years research experience in one or more of the following: developing machine learning and computer vision models, optimization of edge computing algorithms, or distributed compute architectures
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2+ years experience programming in Python/C++
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Experience with Deep Learning frameworks (Pytorch, TensorFlow, etc)
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications:
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Experience in multimodal ML algorithms (object detection, classification, tracking, keyword spotting, ASR, etc)
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Experience in deploying ML algorithms to real-time with mobile platforms
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Experience w/ NAS or developing and deploying algorithms with hardware constraints
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Experience w/ pretraining using self-supervised learning
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Experience w/ tuning LLM
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Experience in privacy preserving ML algorithms
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Proven track record of achieving significant results, as demonstrated by first- and/or co-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences (e.g., CVPR, ICCV, TinyML, NeurIPS, ICML), patents, or grants
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Intent to return to the degree program after the completion of the internship
Public Compensation:
$7,650/month to $12,667/month + benefits
Industry: Internet
Equal Opportunity:
Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.
Meta is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at [email protected].
How this job compares
Set against the 2,289 open Research Scientist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7,650–12,667/mo
- Washington median$167–246K/yr112 salary ranges
- US median$34–48/hr45 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 169 open Research Scientist jobs in Washington and 2,289 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Research Scientist postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (1,264 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a doctorate or professional degree; 821 of the 2,289 open Research Scientist jobs (36%) ask for a doctorate or professional degree.
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