Student Researcher - (Seed Model - Multimodal Interaction & World Model) – 2027 Start (PhD)

About the team

The Seed Multimodal Interaction and World Model team is dedicated to developing models that have human-level multimodal understanding and interaction capabilities. The team is working to advance the exploration and development of multimodal assistant products. We are looking for talented individuals to join us for an internship. PhD internships at Our Company provide students with the opportunity to actively contribute to our products and research, as well as to the organization's future plans and emerging technologies. Our dynamic internship experience blends hands-on learning, enriching community-building and professional development events, and collaboration with industry experts.

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on multimodal foundation models and related systems.
• Explore methods to improve model capabilities across modalities, including areas such as vision-language modeling, world modeling, and representation learning.
• Design and prototype algorithms, models, or system components.
• Collaborate with the team to advance research directions.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, mathematics, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills and solid foundation in algorithms and data structures, proficient in Python or C/C++.
• Demonstrated research track record with publications in conferences related to multimodal learning, machine learning, or artificial intelligence.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in multimodal modeling, vision-language modeling, world modeling, simulation, or 3D representations.
• Experience with latent space modeling or structured representations is a plus.
• Strong problem-solving ability and experience conducting independent research.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a research environment.

As a condition of employment, all successful candidates must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States. For this position, the Company does not provide sponsorship or any immigration-related benefits.

Pay

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $85- $85.

Benefits

• Day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more.
• 10 paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year).
• Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance.
• Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location.