Description
The Cisco Product Internship Program offers a 12-week summer experience designed to welcome early-career talent into this mission. As a Machine Learning Engineer II Intern, you'll dive into the development and implementation of cutting-edge generative AI applications using large language models like GPT-4, Claude, and Llama. You'll optimize neural networks for natural language processing and machine perception, focusing on performance, scalability, and reliability as you train and fine-tune models for deployment.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree program (Associate's or Bachelor's) with 2 years of work experience; or a Master's degree program with 0 years of work experience.
- Qualifying education and work experience should be in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Data Science, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Mathematics, Software Engineering, or a related field.
- Expected to continue enrollment in degree program following completion of the internship.
- Previous experience with model building, AI/LLM development, and programming in Python, SQL, or Go, including the use of common AI libraries, in an academic, project, or professional capacity.
- Experience training or fine-tuning a neural network model, including attention to performance or scalability considerations.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with cloud-native solutions, Docker container orchestration, or modern rapid deployment platforms.
- Knowledge of data pipeline design, tools, and maintenance.
- Exposure to AI security, cybersecurity, or AI validation techniques (e.g., Guardrail).
- Experience with data science toolkits such as Pandas, NumPy, SciPy, or Scikit-learn.
- Understanding of Natural Language Processing (NLP) concepts.
Benefits:
- Medical, dental and vision insurance.
- 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution.
- Paid parental leave.
- Short and long-term disability coverage.
- Basic life insurance.
- Paid time away (10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees).
- Flexible vacation time off program.
- 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter.