NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Ph.D. Research Robotics

NVIDIA|19 Aug 2026

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NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing to tackle challenges no one else can solve. Our work in AI and digital twins is transforming the world's largest industries and profoundly impacting society — from gaming to robotics, self-driving cars to life-saving healthcare, climate change to virtual worlds where we can all connect and create.

Our internships offer an excellent opportunity to expand your career and get hands on experience with one of our industry-leading Robotics teams. We’re seeking strategic, ambitious, hard-working, collaborative, and creative individuals who are passionate about helping us tackle challenges no one else can solve.

Learn more about Research at NVIDIA.

What you will be doing:

Work with experts in robotics and learn to define your research project.
Design and implement novel robotics methods.
Collaborate with other research team members and a set of internal product teams.
Transfer your research to product groups to enable new products or types of products. Deliverable results include prototypes, patents, products, and/or publishing original research.

What we need to see:

Must be actively enrolled in a university pursuing a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, for the full duration of the internship; anticipated graduation date (month and year) must be clearly indicated on a resume or CV to be considered.
Depending on the internship, prior experience or knowledge requirements could include the following programming skills and technologies:

Python, C++, CUDA, Deep Learning Frameworks (PyTorch, JAX, Tensorflow, etc.), Physics Simulation Frameworks (Issac Sim/Lab, MuJoCo, 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 internships require research experience in at least one of the following areas:

Robotic Manipulation and Control

Dexterous Manipulation

Humanoid Loco-Manipulation

Robot Kinematics, Dynamics, and Sensors

Perception and World Understanding

Robot Perception

Vision Language Action (VLA) Models

Robot Learning and Reasoning

Foundation Models for Robotics

Imitation and Reinforcement Learning

Simulation, sim-to-real, real-to-sim
Motion Planning and Navigation
Synthetic Data Generation

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Our internship hourly rates are a standard pay based on the position, your location, year in school, degree, and experience. The hourly rate for our interns is 38 USD - 94 USD.


You will also be eligible for Intern benefits.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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NVIDIA is committed to fostering an inclusive work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Skills mentioned

PythonPyTorchTensorFlowJAXCUDAReinforcement Learning

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Is the NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Ph.D. Research Robotics position at NVIDIA remote?

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What type of employment is the NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Ph.D. Research Robotics role?

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Which skills are mentioned for the NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Ph.D. Research Robotics job at NVIDIA?

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How do I apply for the NVIDIA 2027 Internships: Ph.D. Research Robotics position at NVIDIA?

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