2026 Summer Intern – MS/PhD – Perception
Motional is a driverless technology company making autonomous vehicles a safe, reliable, and accessible reality. The Perception Intern will support the development and evaluation of perception systems, working with multi-modal sensor data and computer vision models to enhance detection and tracking capabilities.
Responsibilities
- Assist in building and refining perception algorithms for 3D object detection, tracking, segmentation, and scene understanding
- Analyze sensor data (e.g., images, video, lidar, radar) to improve model accuracy and robustness
- Support data preprocessing, labeling, augmentation, and validation workflows
- Conduct experiments to benchmark perception models and propose improvements
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Behaviors, Actions, Platforms teams) to integrate perception outputs into downstream decision-making systems
- Document findings, tools, and results in clear and reproducible formats
Skills
- Currently pursuing a Masters/PhD degrees in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Robotics or a related field
- Proficient at Python and/or C++
- Coursework or project experience in computer vision, machine learning, and data processing
- Familiarity with popular deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
- Experience with image/video processing tools and libraries
- Experience with 3D perception, point cloud processing, or multi-sensor fusion
- Exposure to robotics, autonomous systems, or real-time perception pipelines
- Knowledge of evaluation frameworks and datasets
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