Research Intern - Multimodal Learning (Jun 2026)

Research Intern at Microsoft Research focusing on multimodal learning, collaborating globally on cutting-edge AI technology.

Your Role

Key responsibilities include:

• Conduct research on physics-informed multimodal learning, generation, and foundation model training across vision, text, audio, code, and system modalities.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers across Microsoft Research labs in Vancouver, Redmond, and Cambridge.
• Explore next-generation multimodal learning and generation paradigms to unlock new intelligence capabilities.
• Conduct thorough research on emerging trends in LLM, prompt engineering, and multimodal foundation models.
• Prepare detailed documentation of simulations, methodologies, and findings.
• Present results and insights to team members and stakeholders.
• Identify challenges and bottlenecks in AI infrastructure and propose innovative solutions.
• Collaborate with mentors and other Research Interns during the 12-week internship, contributing to the research community.

About You

What you'll need:

• Currently enrolled in a master’s or PhD program in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a dynamic research environment.
• Willingness to embrace knowledge and techniques outside your field of research.
• Solid programming skills in Python and PyTorch, with experience conducting experiments and writing papers.
• Experience in LLM pre-training, post-training, and inference.
• Experience with Reinforcement Learning and frameworks such as VeRL and rLLM.
• Relevant publications in conferences such as CVPR, ACL, ICML, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, EMNLP, etc.
• Research Interns must be physically located at their manager’s Microsoft worksite for the internship duration.
• Submission of a minimum of two reference letters, a cover letter, and relevant work or research samples is required.

Compensation & Benefits

• Applied Sciences IC2 base pay range: USD $5,610 - $11,010 per month (higher range for San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area: USD $7,270 - $12,030 per month).
• Applied Sciences IC3 base pay range: USD $6,710 - $13,270 per month (higher range for San Francisco Bay area and New York City metropolitan area: USD $8,760 - $14,360 per month).
• Industry-leading healthcare.
• Educational resources.
• Discounts on products and services.
• Savings and investments programs.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Generous time away.
• Giving programs.
• Opportunities to network and connect.

Training & Development

• Interns are paired with mentors and collaborate with other Research Interns and researchers.
• Opportunities to learn, collaborate, and network within a world-class research community.

Career Progression

• Research Internships advance careers by contributing to significant research and development strides alongside leading scientists and engineers.

How to Apply

• Submit an application including a cover letter and relevant work or research samples.
• After application submission, a request for a minimum of two reference letters may be sent to your references on your behalf.
• Reference letters cannot be requested until after application submission and may not be requested for all candidates; alert your letter writers in advance.

This job may close before the stated closing date, you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible

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