About the role#
As an Onboard Autonomy Intern, you will join the team responsible for real-time intelligence in autonomous vehicles. You will contribute to focused research or engineering projects within the onboard driving stack. Working alongside experienced researchers and engineers, you will prototype and improve algorithms using vehicle data, simulation, and production-oriented environments. Focus areas include sensor fusion, structured perception, ML planning, trajectory generation, local planning, controls, and system integration.
What you'll do#
- Prototype and evaluate algorithms for perception, prediction, planning, trajectory generation, controls, or integration.
- Work with real-world driving data and simulation to measure performance and investigate failures.
- Build data-processing, visualization, testing, and evaluation tools.
- Contribute to production-quality software through design reviews, code reviews, automated testing, continuous integration, and documentation.
- Analyze results, improve system performance, collaborate across disciplines, and present technical findings.
What you'll need#
- Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical or Mechanical Engineering, Controls, Machine Learning, or a related STEM field.
- Graduation date between December 2027 and June 2028.
- Experience through coursework, research, projects, or professional work in machine learning, computer vision, robotics, controls, optimization, or autonomous systems.
- Strong Python skills and experience with C++ or another systems programming language.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
- Availability to work full-time, 40 hours per week, during the internship.
- Intent to return to a degree program after the internship.
- Preferred experience includes autonomous vehicles, ADAS, ROS, PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX, deep learning, transformers, reinforcement learning, vehicle dynamics, or motion planning.
Location & details#
- Location: Sunnyvale, California.
- Term: Summer 2027.
- Work Modality: Hybrid (expected to be on-site 3 days per week).
- Employment Type: Full-time.
- This is a paid internship.
About General Motors
General Motors is a public company based in Detroit, Michigan. It operates in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry. The company employs over 106,000 people. Its work spans the design and production of cars, trucks, and transportation technology, including software, electrification, and AI.
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