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Our robots take on the tedious, hazardous, and ergonomically demanding work that has kept manufacturing dependent on a shrinking skilled workforce, delivering superhuman performance. Robotics has a demo problem. GMR doesn't. Our systems are in active production today, adapting autonomously to real geometries, real materials, and real process variation without reprogramming. We deliver our system through a Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) model that converts capital expenditure into an operating subscription, making Physical AI accessible to the manufacturers who need it most. We hire people who want to solve hard physical problems at an industrial scale.\nAs the AI Research Intern: Foundation Models, you will join the Special Projects: AI team, a cross-functional group responsible for designing, building, and operationalizing AI capabilities across GMR’s products and customer deployments. The team operates end-to-end from problem formulation and data strategy to model development, simulation, deployment, and long-term performance monitoring collaborating closely with robotics software, solutions engineering, applications, process engineering, hardware, and deployment teams. The team’s mandate is to ensure that AI systems scale across processes, customers, and sites, and perform reliably on real robots in real factories, today, not just in controlled demonstrations.\nPLEASE NOTE: This is an immediate start of a full-time, onsite internship position.\nWhat to Expect\nWork with the Special Projects AI team to work on next generation of foundation models that power GrayMatter Robotics Solutions (FSI)\n\nTake on real, complex, ambiguous problems and work through them on accelerated timelines, largely independently\n\nDevelop foundation models for high precision manufacturing applications with multi-modal data beyond Vision or Force alone\n\nValidate models through rigorous testing on real world industrial robots and actual production parts\n\nOwn the entire project lifecycle: data curation, simulation, model training, evaluation and robot deployment\n\nWrite maintainable, production quality code for internal R&D\n\nExport Control Requirements\nIn order to comply with the export regulations of the United States Government, it is required that the applicant must fall under one of the following categories: (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (i.e. current green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158.\nWhat You’ll Bring\nCurrently remotely pursuing a PhD in Robotics, AI, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related fields\n\nResearch experience in Foundation Models for robot manipulation applications\n\nProficiency in Python and at least one deep learning framework: PyTorch is preferred\n\nStrong working knowledge and deep understanding of current World Models and Foundation Model Research\n\nDemonstrated experience working with simulation environments and/or physics-based modeling for robotics (e.g. Isaac Lab or MuJoCo)\n\nExperience with reinforcement learning, imitation learning, or policy optimization for robotic manipulation or process control\n\nExperience with robotics middleware and tooling (e.g., ROS/ROS2) and deployment on real robotic hardware\n\nA publication track record in venues such as ICRA, CoRL, RSS, IROS, RA-L, or T-RO, balanced with a strong bias toward real-world production impact\n\nNice to Have’s\nExperience with VLA/VLM training\n\nExperience with industrial manipulators and demonstration of research deployed in industrial environments\n\nGrayMatter Robotics provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage and embrace applicants of all backgrounds to apply!\nGrayMatter Robotics is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodations during the recruiting process, please contact  to submit your request.\nPlease note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.\nDepending on the position and if listed, compensation may include the base salary range, bonus or commission, and equity. 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