Foundation Models for Autonomous Planning - Intern

Company Description

The Bosch Research and Technology Center North America with offices in Sunnyvale, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cambridge, Massachusetts is a part of the global Bosch Group (www.bosch.com), a company with over 70 billion euro revenue, 400,000 employees worldwide, a very diverse product portfolio, and a history spanning over 125 years. The Research and Technology Center North America (RTC-NA) is dedicated to providing technologies and system solutions for various Bosch business fields, primarily in the field of artificial intelligence, energy technologies, internet technologies, circuit design, semiconductors and wireless, as well as advanced MEMS design.

As a part of the global research, our AI research in Silicon Valley focuses on Foundation Models, Big Data Visual Analytics, Explainable AI (XAI), Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision & Mixed Reality, Cloud Robotics, Data Science, AI System Engineering, Time-series Analysis. We develop scalable, intelligent, and trustworthy AIoT solutions for Bosch products and services in application areas such as automated driving, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics, smart manufacturing, enterprise AI, health care, smart home and building solutions.

Originating from the AI research in Silicon Valley, our Intelligent Autonomous Systems group is responsible for enabling future autonomous Bosch products by developing cutting-edge technologies and prototype systems in the fields of autonomous driving, automation and robotics. These include methods for localization, motion planning, high level task planning and decision making as well as systems for making these technologies work on real products by building frameworks that take advantage of technologies in the field of reliable distributed computing. We work with internal partners of different Bosch business units to transfer our solutions into future products. We also actively collaborate with leading groups in academia and industry to promote research ideas and publish research findings in internationally renowned conferences and journals such as CVPR, ICCV, ICLR, NeurIPS, ICRA, IROS, and RSS.

Job Description

• Conduct advanced research and engineering in AI and machine learning, with a particular focus on Foundation Models for Autonomous Planning.  This includes developing Foundation Models for perception, motion forecasting and planning modules to address challenges in autonomous systems.
• Apply research results to real-world applications with high quality implementation
• Integrate the resulting system/software into existing Bosch platform
• Summarize research findings in high-quality paper and/or patent submissions

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• Ph.D. student in Computer Science or related fields (Must be a current student or recent graduate – less than 1 year)
• Research experience in Foundation Models, Generative AI, Vision Language models, LLMs, and Diffusion models.
• Hands-on experience on developing computer vision and machine learning algorithms with focus on at least two of the following areas: object detection/segmentation, 3D scene understanding, autonomous driving, and sensor fusion.
• Solid Python and/or C++ programming skills and proficient with libraries such as OpenCV, Tensorflow, and PyTorch.

Preferred Qualifications

• Publication record in top venues including CVPR, ICCV, ICRA, ISMAR, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, TVCG, SIGGRAPH.
• Experience in foundation models  and generative AI (e.g., SAM, CLIP, BLIP, LLaVA, DDPM) is a plus.
• Able to work independently, has strong research and problem-solving skills
• Strong background in math and statistics is a plus.
• Good communication and teamwork skills

Additional Information

• Major(s): Computer Science or related fields
• Degree level: Ph.D. Candidates
• Start Date: May, 2024

The U.S. base salary range for this intern position is $43.00-$66.00 per hour. Within the range, individual pay is determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, type of degree, work experience and job knowledge, complexity of the role, type of position, job location, etc. Your Hiring Manager can share more details about the specific salary range for this position during the interview process.

By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce - EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.

BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)

• FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
• AWIM (A World In Motion)