About the role#
As an Applied Scientist Intern within the Software Innovation Lab, you will join a team focused on end-to-end research. You will work on advancing agent architectures and domain-specific models for business processes, IT automation, and software engineering. Your work will contribute to developing responsible AI systems and enterprise-grade benchmarks.
What you'll do#
- Engage in the full applied research lifecycle from ideation to project completion.
- Identify core research challenges and design novel prototype solutions.
- Validate your solutions through rigorous experimentation.
- Advance research in areas including foundation models, multimodal AI, reliable agentic systems, AI security, and knowledge-guided workflow orchestration.
- Collaborate in small, mentored teams to build high-impact technical demonstrations.
- Disseminate your findings through patent applications and publications in leading conferences.
What you'll need#
- Current pursuit of a degree in Computer Science.
- Hands-on experience and theoretical foundations in foundation models, agentic systems, AI for software engineering, knowledge graphs, continual learning, process intelligence, or distributed systems.
- Proficiency in Python for rapid prototyping, experimental setup, and large-scale machine learning systems.
- Advanced expertise in ML frameworks such as PyTorch.
- Experience in full-cycle development of algorithms and systems.
- Hands-on experience with generative AI and LLMs, covering everything from training to testing.
- Strong quantitative analysis skills and the ability to deconstruct complex research problems.
- A track record of innovation shown through peer-reviewed publications or strong preprints.
- Ability to articulate complex technical concepts clearly in writing and presentations.
- Commitment to reproducible and well-documented research practices.
Location & details#
- This is a paid, full-time internship for Summer 2027.
- The work modality is hybrid.
- Internship dates depend on your academic calendar, running from May to August for semester systems or June to September for quarter systems.
- Sponsorship is not provided for this position.
About IBM
IBM provides IT services and consulting to a global client base. The company develops technology solutions across areas such as cloud computing, security, analytics, and infrastructure. It operates as a public organization with more than 10,001 employees. The corporate headquarters are located in Armonk, New York.
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