1 day ago
Foster City, CA, USAIntern
H1B sponsor
Responsibilities
- Design, prototype, and implement agentic workflows and AI-assisted tools for safety evaluations and operational-signal triage.
- Test and characterize LLM and AI workflow capabilities, edge cases, hallucinations, and failure modes.
- Integrate generative AI agents with structured safety databases and operational logs for real-time synthesis and risk reporting.
- Collaborate with safety strategists and software engineers to test prototypes in operational scenarios and incorporate user feedback.
- Develop evaluation harnesses and prototypes, APIs, or internal web dashboards for AI decision-support tools.
Requirements
- Currently pursuing a master’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Data Science, or a related engineering field.
- Must remain enrolled at an accredited college or university and maintain good academic standing throughout the internship.
- Expected graduation between Fall 2027 and Summer 2028.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals in Python and object-oriented programming.
- Hands-on experience developing and deploying AI tools, LLM APIs, and agentic workflows.
- Understanding of AI limitations, hallucinations, and verification methods for decision-making contexts.
- Experience building working prototypes, APIs, or internal web dashboards.
- Strong analytical problem-solving and written and verbal technical communication skills.
- Bonus qualifications include applying AI/ML to autonomous systems, safety analytics, or risk management; designing generative AI and prompt evaluation harnesses; and familiarity with SQL/NoSQL database architectures and data warehousing platforms.
Benefits
- Full-time, 12-week internship.
- Relocation to the Bay Area, California, is required for the internship.
- Interns must be enrolled throughout the internship and may not use Zoox proprietary information for an external thesis or publication.
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About Zoox
Zoox builds a fully autonomous, purpose-built electric vehicle and the end-to-end platform to operate it as an urban robotaxi service. The company designs the vehicle, self-driving software, and fleet operations in-house to offer mobility-as-a-service rather than selling cars. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Foster City, California, Zoox is a subsidiary of Amazon.