NVIDIA 2026 Internships: PhD Generative AI Research

Details

NVIDIA is offering 2026 generative AI–focused research internships for PhD students. By submitting your resume you express interest in one of the internship opportunities; resumes are reviewed on an ongoing basis and a recruiter may reach out if your experience fits an opportunity. Internships provide hands-on research experience with NVIDIA research teams, with opportunities to transfer research to product groups (prototypes, patents, products) and to publish original research.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement algorithms that push the boundaries of generative AI, computer vision, robotics, and other technology domains relevant to NVIDIA’s business.
• Collaborate with team members, other teams, and external researchers.
• Transfer research outcomes to product groups; deliverables may include prototypes, patents, products, and/or publishing original research.

Requirements

• Must be actively enrolled in a university pursuing a PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field for the entire duration of the internship.
• Prior experience or knowledge (depending on the internship) may include programming skills and technologies such as:
  • Python, C++, CUDA
  • Deep learning frameworks: PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.
• Strong background in research with publications at top conferences.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with large-scale model training is a plus.

Potential Research Areas (experience in at least one is required)

• Multimodal foundation models
• Diffusion models
• World models
• Image, video, or audio generation
• Large language models
• Vision-language models
• Action-based transformers
• Long context methods
• Physics-based simulation
• Flow-based generative models
• Synthetic data generation
• AI for science
• Protein/molecule generation
• Climate modeling and weather forecasting
• Partial differential equations (PDEs)

Compensation & Benefits

• Internship hourly rate range: 30 USD - 94 USD (standard pay based on position, location, year in school, degree, and experience).
• Interns are eligible for NVIDIA intern benefits. See NVIDIA resources for student programs, benefits, and other student resources.

Additional Information

• Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
• NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and is an equal opportunity employer; they do not discriminate on the basis of legally protected characteristics.