Research Scientist Intern, Foundation Model Optimization (PhD)
Meta
Research Scientist Intern, Foundation Model Optimization (PhD)
Meta
Posted 7 days ago
Internship
Menlo Park, California
In Person
Smart Summary
Responsibilities
The intern will conduct research on efficient LLMs and vision foundation models to enable deployment on resource-constrained devices. Responsibilities include developing optimization algorithms and collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to publish findings in top-tier conferences.
Qualifications
You are currently pursuing a PhD in Artificial Intelligence or a related field and have hands-on experience with deep learning algorithms, particularly transformers. You are proficient with deep learning software libraries like PyTorch/JAX and scripting languages such as Python.
Must Have Skills for ATS
deep learning
transformers
PyTorch
JAX
Python
LLM
foundation models
model optimization
model compression
multi-modal modeling
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Perform LLM and vision foundation model research that leads to publications in top-tier CV/NLP/ML conferences.
- Develop model optimization algorithms and infrastructure to enable deployment of models in resource-constrained settings, such as mobile phones and AR/VR/MR/SG devices.
- Research joint optimization of models and the surrounding assistant system, including planning, memory, tool use, and coordination across device and cloud.
- Explore personalization, model compression and efficiency, and novel model architectures including omni-modal capabilities.
- Collaborate with cross-disciplinary research and engineering teams.
Minimum Qualifications
- Currently is in the process of obtaining a PhD in the field of Artificial Intelligence or related field
- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
- Hands-on experience in deep learning algorithms and techniques, e.g., transformers
- Experience with deep learning software libraries such as PyTorch/JAX
- Experience with scripting languages such as Python and shell scripts
Preferred Qualifications
- Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship
- Experience with large scale foundation model training and on-device foundation model optimization
- Experience in one or more of: LLM agents and orchestration, personalization, model compression and efficient inference, efficient model architectures, multi-modal modeling, data-centric approaches for model tuning and evaluation
- Proven track record of publications at CV/NLP/ML conferences/journals such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, AAAI, ACL, EMNLP
$7,650/month to $12,667/month + benefits
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