About the role#
The Computational Sensing team at MERL is hiring an intern to conduct fundamental research on sensor reasoning models. You will focus on algorithms that understand, explain, and act on multi-sensor data like radar, infrared, LiDAR, and event cameras through multimodal reasoning. This role bridges modern perception tasks like detection and tracking with higher-level reasoning capabilities.
What you'll do#
- Develop novel algorithms for sensor-based reasoning.
- Design experiments using MERL in-house testbeds.
- Prepare research results for patents and publication.
- Collaborate directly with MERL researchers.
What you'll need#
- Experience with reasoning using sensor data, including VQA over sensor streams, temporal reasoning, or chain-of-thought.
- Familiarity with aligning LLMs or VLMs on sensor outputs like point clouds, radar heatmaps, or BEV features.
- Solid understanding of transformer-based and diffusion-based frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with large-scale multi-sensor datasets and the ability to design reasoning-centric benchmarks.
- Proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or JAX.
- Experience with GPU cluster job scheduling and scalable data pipelines.
- A publication record in top-tier venues like CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, or ICML.
- Knowledge of sensor fundamentals including RF, infrared, LiDAR, and event cameras.
- Familiarity with radar concepts such as FMCW, MIMO, Doppler signatures, radar point clouds, and raw ADC waveforms.
- Familiarity with recent MERL radar perception research.
- Pursuing a degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.
Location & details#
- This is an on-site internship located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- The term is for Summer 2027, starting in May 2027 for a duration of 3 months.
- This is a full-time, paid position.
- Sponsorship is provided for qualified candidates.
About Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories is the United States subsidiary of the corporate research and development division of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. Founded in 1991 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the organization employs between 51 and 200 people. It conducts basic and applied research in fields such as artificial intelligence, signal processing, and multi-physical modeling. The laboratory publishes its findings to support collaboration with the global research community.
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