Research Scientist Intern - Human Performance and Experience

Join the Human Performance and Experience (HPX) team at NVIDIA Research as a Research Scientist Intern. The HPX team focuses on cross-disciplinary research in vision between humans and machines. You will work with a diverse team of research scientists and engineers from various backgrounds and collaborate closely with product engineers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Decompose complex research questions into manageable parts and tackle them iteratively.
• Think critically to identify gaps and creatively bridge them with high-impact solutions.
• Connect with researchers and product engineers to ground research findings in real-world problems.
• Lead knowledge dissemination efforts through publications, conferences, and in-house sharing.

Requirements:

• Currently pursuing a Ph.D. or equivalent academic program with a track record of research and publications.
• Deep interest in gaming and/or human behavior in related application domains.
• Training or systematic knowledge in Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related fields.
• Proficiency with Python, Rust, and/or C++.
• Experience with AI model training and evaluation frameworks like PyTorch.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with quantitatively modeling human perception, cognition, movement, and/or decision-making.
• Comfortable with modern software development and version-control systems like git.
• Experience with multi-node, multi-GPU training and inference workflows.
• Familiarity with modern deep learning models, including large-scale, multi-modal foundation models.
• Demonstrated public portfolio, such as repositories, OSS contributions, or technical blog posts with code.

Intern Benefits:

• Competitive hourly rate: $38 - $94 USD, depending on position, location, year in school, degree, and experience.
• Eligibility for intern benefits.