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Machine Learning Fellowship (6-12 months)

Volkswagen AG
Belmont, CA, US Posted Jul 9, 2026
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About this role

Job title: Machine Learning Fellowship (6-12 months)

About the Role

At the Innovation & Engineering Center California (IECC), we apply machine learning to the automotive domain, focusing on perception and autonomous driving. This fellowship is a 6- to 12-month program where you will join a team of researchers and engineers to develop robust perception methods using sensor data. You will contribute to state-of-the-art AI solutions that enable safe and reliable automated driving across scenarios.

What You'll Do

  • Driving data pre-processing including checking labels, formatting, etc.
  • Support project team in building data pipelines for training deep neural networks.
  • Benchmarking and reporting of various neural network models performance.
  • Research into suitable new network architectures for time series prediction, and anomalies detection.
  • Research into suitable new network architectures to improve the perception of the environment with a focus on optical sensors.
  • Research on supervised and unsupervised learning methods to estimate road participants' depth, motion, and velocity.
  • Research on various neural networks for the interpretation of camera images (object detection, panoptic segmentation) and trajectory/motion planning.
  • Fusion of different neural networks to use shared resources to decrease memory and computation footprint.

What We're Looking For

  • Must be enrolled in a Masters or PhD program or have graduation date within the last six months; six-month minimum commitment.

  • Must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0.

  • Strong Python programming skills.

  • Good experience with Linux.

  • Experience with deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch.

  • Good knowledge of image processing and machine learning.

  • Independent work, initiative, motivation, ability to work in a team.

  • Competencies: Act as an owner; Be a pioneer; Excite customer; Handle complexity; Live integrity & compliance; Live passion; Perform together; Think ahead.

Nice to Have

  • Six Month Minimum commitment; Masters or PhD candidates only.
  • We are unable to consider International Students/OPT or CPT at this time.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary: not disclosed.

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