Research internships in California
230 open postings from 73 employers. Meta (32), NVIDIA (18) and TikTok (16) have posted the most. 96 of them name a term, most often Summer 2027 (64) and Fall 2026 (10). The most are in San Francisco, CA (34), San Jose, CA (33) and Santa Clara, CA (33). The biggest groups are Data (168), Hardware (19) and Software (10). 1 is listed as remote. A posting is listed here when its own title says so, whatever role it is filed under. The list is read daily from company career pages and public internship lists, so closed roles drop off.
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- PhD Research Intern - Robotics & Physical AIPalona AILos Altos, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - Scam and TrustMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - AI InfraMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Robotics Intern, Human-Machine Interaction ResearchToyota Research InstituteLos Altos, CA12 weeks
- Human Interactive Driving Intern, Platform Research Systems IntegrationToyota Research InstituteLos Altos, CA12 weeks
- Human Interactive Driving Research Intern, World ModelsToyota Research InstituteLos Altos, CA12 weeks
- Human Interactive Driving Research Intern, Decision-Making for Driving at the LimitsToyota Research InstituteLos Altos, CA12 weeks
- Human Interactive Driving Research Intern, Perception for Driving at the LimitsToyota Research InstituteLos Altos, CASummer 202712 weeks
- Human Interactive Driving Research Intern, Learning-Based Control for Safe Autonomous DrivingToyota Research InstituteLos Altos, CA12 weeks
- Research Intern, Oncology Biomarker - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CASummer 2027
- Research Intern, Discovery Sciences and Technologies, AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CASummer 2027
- Research Intern, Inflammation, AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CASummer 2027
- Intern - Research - Discovery Sciences and Technologies - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Inflammation - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Data Sciences - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Protein Therapeutics, Computational Biologics Engineering - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Protein Therapeutics - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Oncology Biomarker - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Drug Metabolism - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Inflammation Biology - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Strategy, Innovation & Portfolio - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Pathobiology - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Clinical Virology - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Intern - Research - Medicinal Chemistry/ Structural Biology & Chemistry - AIGilead SciencesFoster City, CA
- Grad Intern – Bioanalytical Research Associate (Summer 2027)AmgenThousand Oaks, CASummer 2027
- AI Research InternIntuitive SurgicalSunnyvale, CA
- PhD Research Intern, Electronic Design Automation - 2027NVIDIASanta Clara, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - Ads RecommendationsMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Research Intern, Robotics Data & Real-to-SimWorldEngine AISan Francisco, CA
- Research Engineer, Intern – BenchmarkingMercorSan Francisco, CA$70 per hour
- Research Engineer Intern - Environments, Data and Post-TrainingMercorSan Francisco, CA$70 per hour
- Research Scientist Intern - AI Research - Speech & AudioMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - Ranking & RecommendationsMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - User Modeling and Reinforcement LearningMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - Computer Vision - Video IntelligenceMetaMenlo Park, CA
- AI Research Intern (BS/MS)AtomsMountain View, CA
- Content Research Insights & Analytics Intern, Spring 2027The Walt Disney CompanyBurbank, CASpring 2027
- PhD Research Intern, AI Accelerator Design and VLSI - 2027NVIDIASanta Clara, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - Efficient World Foundation Models - PhDMetaBurlingame, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - Foundation Model OptimizationMetaBurlingame, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - SearchMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - PhDSaviyntMilpitas, CA$30–$50/hr
- Research Application InternNissan GlobalSanta Clara, CASummer 2027
- Research Scientist Intern - Generative Recommendation SystemsMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - Generative AI & Computational Photography - PhDMetaBurlingame, CA
- Research Scientist Intern - Audio AIMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Ab Initio Nuclear Theory Postdoctoral Researcher InternLawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermore, CA
- Innovation Research & Development Lab InternTrace3Irvine, CASummer 2027
- Research Scientist Intern - Meta Recommendation Systems - PhDMetaMenlo Park, CA
- Research & Development InternJohnson & JohnsonIrvine, CA
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- Engineering 1176
- Software engineering 424
- AI and machine learning 353
- Hardware engineering 219
- Electrical engineering 94
- Robotics 89
- Mechanical engineering 78
- Aerospace engineering 54
- Product management 50
- Sales 50
- Data science 47
- Cybersecurity 45
- Business 39
- Supply chain and logistics 39
- Marketing 34
- Cloud and DevOps 33
- Energy 33
- Data analyst 29
- Data engineering 29
- Manufacturing engineering 28
- Tax 27
- UX and product design 22
- Audit 17
- Social media 16
- IT 15
- Project management 15
- Biology and life sciences 14
- Environment and sustainability 14
- Civil engineering 12
- Quant 12
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