2027 Summer Intern - Machine Learning Engineer, Embodied AI
General Motors2 days ago
Sunnyvale, CA, USAIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Contribute to a well-defined mapping or geospatial engineering project with mentor support.
- Write, test, and document Python and/or C++ code for geometry processing, map data analysis, or pipeline tooling.
- Analyze sensor-derived and third-party map data and investigate data-quality or map-consistency issues.
- Prototype or evaluate algorithms and machine-learning approaches for feature extraction, map-change detection, or map-quality checks.
- Build or improve tests, validation tools, metrics, and visualizations for map data and software correctness.
- Share project progress, findings, and a final demo or summary with teammates.
- Participate in code reviews, design discussions, and team learning activities.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Robotics, GIS, or a related technical field.
- Programming experience in Python or C++ through coursework, research, internships, or personal projects.
- Familiarity with version control, testing, and writing readable code.
- Foundational understanding of data structures and algorithms.
- Interest in geospatial systems, robotics, autonomous vehicles, computer vision, or machine learning.
- Ability to communicate technical ideas, ask questions, and collaborate effectively.
- Preferred: coursework, research, or project experience in geospatial computing, computational geometry, robotics, computer vision, machine learning, or graph algorithms.
- Preferred: exposure to geographic data formats and tools such as GeoJSON, OpenStreetMap, GeoPandas, GDAL/OGR, or PostGIS.
- Preferred: experience with camera, lidar, radar, point-cloud, or other spatial data.
- Preferred: familiarity with machine-learning workflows such as dataset preparation, model evaluation, or prototyping.
- Preferred: prior internship, research, or collaborative team-project software development experience.
Benefits
- Hybrid internship categorized as on-site, with an expectation to report to the Sunnyvale, California office three days per week.
- Paid U.S. GM holidays.
- GM Family First Vehicle Discount Program.
- One-time lump-sum taxable stipend payment for eligible students selected for the 2027 Student Program.
- Mentorship, hands-on experience, intern events, and networking opportunities with company leaders and peers.
- Potential for growth within GM based on performance and business needs.
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About General Motors
General Motors designs, manufactures, and sells cars, trucks, and electric vehicles for consumers and commercial fleets under brands including Chevrolet, GMC, Cadillac, and Buick. A public company on the NYSE headquartered in Detroit and founded in 1908, it operates globally and is developing EVs on its Ultium battery platform. Revenue comes from vehicle and parts sales, connected services such as OnStar, and financing through GM Financial.