Machine Learning Internship, Manipulation

• Job Title: Machine Learning Internship, Manipulation
• Department: Robotics Software Engineering
• Employment Type: Internship
• Location: Houston, TX – Onsite
• As a Machine Learning Intern at Persona, you will have an incredible opportunity to work with humanoid robots and solve practical problems in the real world.
• Work with the ML team to develop and improve machine learning models and the infrastructure.
• Monitor and evaluate the performance of models in the real world.
• Collaborate on the design and development of the Persona ML software stack and support its application in manipulation, navigation, locomotion, and perception.
• Courage and grit to tackle some of the hardest problems in embodied AI.
• Enthusiasm for working collaboratively in a high paced team environment.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks (Pytorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.)
• Experience with cloud computing to develop models, manage data, etc. (AWS, Azure, GCP)
• Strong understanding of the state of the art research in robot learning (behavior cloning and reinforcement learning for manipulation, world models, etc.).
• Understanding of the challenges of deploying neural network models in the real world.
• Capable of writing high-quality software.
• Thrive in fast-paced and ambiguous environments.
• Strong first principles thinker.
• An advanced degree (Master's or PhD) in computer science, robotics, machine learning, or another related field.
• Published papers at top ML/Robotics conferences (ICML, ICRA, CoRL, RSS, NeurIPS).
• Our Internship Program
• At Persona AI, our internship program gives you direct, hands-on experience building cutting-edge humanoid robotics alongside industry experts. We offer full-time term opportunities across three upcoming cohorts:
• Fall 2026: August – December
• Spring 2027: January – May
• Summer 2027: May – August

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