Machine Learning Research Intern (Fall 2026)

Sunnyvale, CA on site Until 9/29/2026 First posted July 31, 2026 Last posted July 31, 2026
Job description

Role Overview


This internship is focused on ML research mixed with applied ML and software engineering. Topic of the internship is around trust and safety in LLMs such as:

  • prompt injections
  • safety alignment and guardrails
  • privacy and confidentiality
  • interpretability

Other topics closer aligned with the student's research may be considered.

Expected Background: ML


  • Research experience
    • Ability to pose relevant questions, find answers in existing literature or plan and execute experiments.
    • Ability to read and write research papers and technical articles.

  • Machine learning tools: pytorch, huggingface, transformers, datasets.

  • Applied deep learning and LLM experience.
    • Training and evaluating deep models.
    • (nice to have) finetuning LLMs, multi-modal LLMs.

  • (nice to have) Familiarity with ML[NLP,LLM,Vision] interpretability methods, sparse autoencoders, linear probes.


Expected Background: Software Engineering


  • Development environments and tools:
    • unix, git, basic clouds usage on AWS and/or GCP
    • jupyter

  • Programming:
    • python
    • (nice to have) “programming languages well-roundedness”
    • experience in statically-typed and functional languages

Compensation & Benefits


  • Market aligned compensation for interns in the bay area.

Requirements


  • Must be authorized to work in the USA or must be able to obtain CPT (Curricular Practical Training) approval from host university.

About this role

Summary

Research and apply ML techniques, focusing on trust, safety, and interpretability in LLMs.

Job title

Machine Learning Research Intern (Fall 2026)

Experience level

research experience

Industry

software

Location requirements

Sunnyvale, CA, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

pythonpytorchhuggingfacetransformersdatasetsunixgitjupyter

Preferred skills

ML interpretabilitysparse autoencoderslinear probesML NLPvision

Specializations

MLdeep learningLLMNLP
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

On-site City