LLM & Agentic AI R&D Intern

Location: Sunnyvale, CA, us

Company Description

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The Bosch Research and Technology Center North America with offices in Sunnyvale, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Cambridge, Massachusetts is a part of the global Bosch Group (www.bosch.com), a company with over 70-billion-euro revenue, 400,000 employees worldwide, a very diverse product portfolio, and a history spanning over 125 years. The Research and Technology Center North America (RTC-NA) is dedicated to providing technologies and system solutions for various Bosch business fields, primarily in the field of artificial intelligence, energy technologies, internet technologies, circuit design, semiconductors and wireless, as well as advanced MEMS design.

As a part of the global research, our AI research in Silicon Valley focuses on Foundation Models, Big Data Visual Analytics, Explainable AI (XAI), Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision & Mixed Reality, Cloud Robotics, Data Science, AI System Engineering, Time-series Analysis. We develop scalable, intelligent, and trustworthy AIoT solutions for Bosch products and services in application areas such as automated driving, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics, smart manufacturing, enterprise AI, health care, smart home and building solutions.

Originating from Bosch AI research in Silicon Valley, we are responsible for pushing the boundaries of GenAI and foundation models through key innovations to solve complex industry problems, and shape the future user experience of Bosch products for both internal and external users in the fields of AI agent, 3D Vision, Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, etc. We work with internal partners of different Bosch business units to transfer our solutions into future products. We also actively collaborate with leading groups in academia and industry to promote research ideas and publish research findings in internationally renowned conferences and journals such as ACL, EMNLP, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS, AAAI and CoRL.

Job Description

In this internship, you will conduct research on Large Language Model (LLM) and Agentic AI to address academic and industrial challenges.

A few of your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborate with mentors and other colleagues to integrate the developed methods into prototype systems for Bosch applications such as AI agents, RAG, engineering assistance, information extraction, etc.
• Summarize research findings in high-quality NLP conference papers (e.g., ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, AAAI, NeurIPS) and/or patent submissions.  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Currently enrolled and pursing a Ph.D. or Master in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
• Strong research experience in natural language processing, machine learning, and related fields.
• Hands-on experience on large language models, including training, fine-tuning, and prompting.
• Hands-on experience on state-of-the-art NLP / AI libraries and toolkits
• Good communication and team-working skills
• Minimum GPA of 3.0

Preferred Qualifications 

• Publication record in top NLP or machine learning venues (e. g. ACL, EMNLP, AAAI, NAACL, TACL).
• R&D experiences on LLM based agents, task planning / decomposition, and reasoning.
• R&D experiences on retrieval-augmented generation.
• R&D experiences on multi-modal foundation models.
• R&D experiences on reinforcement learning

Additional Information

The U.S. base salary range for this intern position is $39.00 - $64.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, type of degree, work experience and job knowledge, complexity of the role, type of position, job location, etc. Your Hiring Manager can share more details about the specific salary range for this position during the interview process.*

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives

· FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)

· AWIM (A World In Motion)

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans.  

*Bosch adheres to Federal, State, and Local laws regarding drug-testing. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug screen and background check. Candidates who have been offered the position must pass both screenings before their start date.