NVIDIA Research Internship 2027: Earn Up to $94 Per Hour

Overview

NVIDIA is seeking a research intern for its Spatial Intelligence Lab for the Summer 2027 term. Based in Santa Clara, California, the position offers doctoral students the chance to work on innovative research projects within computer vision, deep learning, generative artificial intelligence, and advanced machine-learning technologies. Successful interns will collaborate with experienced researchers, design and implement new algorithms, develop approaches for video generation, reconstruction, simulation, video understanding, policy learning, reinforcement learning, and vision-language models, and potentially publish original scientific research.

Who can apply

This opportunity is intended for doctoral students who are at least in their second year of a PhD programme in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

Requirements

Applicants must possess excellent theoretical and practical knowledge of computer vision and deep learning, alongside strong programming skills in Python. Candidates need experience with C++ and parallel programming technologies such as CUDA, familiarity with version-control systems like Git, and an understanding of common machine-learning frameworks including PyTorch. Additionally, candidates must demonstrate a strong research record with at least two publications in leading conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICML, and ICLR, with at least one paper authored as the main contributor. Excellent communication skills are also required.

What you get

Selected interns receive an advertised hourly pay range of $38 to $94, with the final rate depending on factors such as position, location, year of study, degree, and experience. Intern benefits are also available.

Key dates

Applications are accepted at least until October 12, 2026.