PhD Research Intern, Physical AI in Perception

About ZooxZoox is transforming mobility with fully autonomous, electric vehicles designed from the ground up for a driverless future. Our mission is to make transportation safer, more sustainable, and accessible to everyone. At Zoox, innovation, collaboration, and a bold vision for the future drive everything we do.

About Our Internship ProgramZoox’s internship program offers hands-on experience with cutting-edge technology, mentorship from some of the industry’s brightest minds, and the opportunity to make meaningful contributions to real projects. We seek interns who demonstrate strong academic performance, engagement beyond the classroom, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine interest in Zoox’s mission.

Project OverviewThis internship is part of the Perception Semantics team, focused on advancing on-robot AI systems that enable machines to understand and interact with the physical AI world. You’ll work on cutting-edge problems in vision-language-action (VLA) modeling, world modeling, spatial reasoning, and mapping, contributing to both research and real-world deployment.

Projects are open-ended and research-driven, giving you the opportunity to explore new ideas, develop novel approaches, and evaluate them in realistic settings. This role is ideal for Ph.D. students interested in pushing the boundaries of computer vision and embodied AI while seeing their work translate into real-world impact.