Worldwide, the Volkswagen Group has a long tradition of dramatic innovations. The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group comprises twelve brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen Passenger Cars, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, Ducati, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN. Here in the US, we are blending German engineering with American ingenuity.

At the Innovation & Engineering Center California (IECC), we represent the Volkswagen Group in applied research and development. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, we create bold new ideas for the Volkswagen, Audi, Bentley, Lamborghini, Bugatti and Porsche brands. We’re a team of engineers, designers, scientists, and psychologists looking to develop innovations for future generations of cars, and to transfer technologies from many industries and research institutions into the automotive domain. Our mission is to drive change which means we are not only impacting one of the world’s largest car makers, but also the lives of millions of people. Are you ready to join us?

*Six Month Minimum starting in August 2023. We are unable to consider International Students/OPT or CPT at this time.

Machine Learning Intern
Role Summary:
The Center of Excellence within the ADMT LLC focuses on applied research and pre-development with the goal to evaluate and/or develop and transfer innovative technology from industries and research institutions into the autonomous driving domain for technology/supplier decisions and to build the strategic base for a further development of a VW Group owned vertical integrated AD-stack. During this internship, you will be supporting a team of AI researchers and engineers in research and development of AI for future AD stacks as well as AI for AD operations support.

Role Responsibilities
• Driving data pre-processing including checking labels, formatting, etc.
• Support project team in building data pipelines and simulators for training deep neural networks.
• Development of prototype deep neural network architectures.
• Benchmarking and reporting of various neural network models performance.
• Research on emergent trends in autonomous driving research.
• Research on neural networks for perception, prediction, planning, end-to-end driving, and foundation modeling for autonomous driving.
• Research and development of AI compute-optimization techniques such as quantization, knowledge distillation, and sparse computing on autonomous driving hardware.

Required Qualifications
• Must be enrolled at a University/College or Graduation date must be within the last six months.
• Must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.
• Strong Python programming skills.
• Good experience using Linux.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch.
• Experience training deep learning models with on-premises compute and public clouds (e.g., AWS).
• Knowledge of generating features from sensor technology like camera, lidar, radar.
• Experience with different ML paradigms such as supervised/unsupervised learning, self-supervised learning, reinforcement learning, and imitation learning.
• Experience with different types of Neural Networks such as Transformers, CNNs, LLMs, LSTMs, GNNs.
• In-depth understanding of the latest research trends in autonomous driving.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with current state-of-the-art technologies such as Vision-Language Models, Embodied AI, Neural Radiance Fields, Deep Sensor Fusion, Generative AI.
• Experience with machine learning development for Autonomous Driving tasks including End-to-End Driving, Path Planning, Simulation, Perception, Sensor Fusion, Motion Prediction, V2X.
• Experience with AI/ML compute optimization techniques such as quantization, knowledge distillation, compilation, sparse computing.
• Independent work, initiative, motivation, ability to work in a team.

In Belmont, California, the hourly rates for this role are based on level of education:
Undergraduate (Junior or Senior): $35/hour
Graduate (Master’s): $38/hour
PhD: $42/hour

Volkswagen's roots in Silicon Valley sprout the tech-driven future of transportation

We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation