NEC Laboratories America, Inc.

About the Company

NEC Laboratories America, Inc. (NEC Labs), with locations in Princeton, New Jersey and San Jose, California is the US-based part of NEC Corporation's global network of corporate R&D laboratories. Our mission is to create technology innovations that contribute to society. We collaborate with customers to understand their needs and to validate our ideas for solutions. We partner with NEC business units to bring our innovations to the market. Our driving force is a shared passion for innovations. We strive to cultivate an open, friendly, and fun work environment with minimal overhead. NEC Corporation is a leader in the integration of IT and network technologies that benefit businesses and people around the world. By providing a combination of products and solutions that cross utilize the company's experience and global resources, NEC's advanced technologies meet the complex and ever-changing needs of its customers. NEC brings more than 100 years of expertise in technological innovation to empower people, businesses and society.

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NEC Laboratories America, Inc.

Job Title

ML - Research Intern 2026

Job Description

**Job Title:** ML Research Intern 2026 **Role Summary:** Conduct research and development of novel machine learning algorithms across multimodal large‑language models, AI for Science, real‑time awareness, and healthcare. Engage in end‑to‑end research workflows: hypothesis generation, model design, experimental validation, and publication. **Expectations:** - Contribute to high‑quality research outputs and peer‑reviewed publications. - Collaborate with senior researchers, adapt to evolving project scopes. - Demonstrate ownership of research milestones within flexible 3‑month internship terms. **Key Responsibilities:** - Design and implement experiments for multimodal reasoning, planning, and agentic generative AI. - Develop and tune deep learning models in PyTorch/TensorFlow. - Perform rigorous evaluation, statistical analysis, and ablation studies. - Author technical reports and draft manuscripts for conference/journal submission. - Present results in internal seminars and contribute to knowledge transfer. **Required Skills:** - Proficiency in Python and ML libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX). - Strong foundation in statistical learning theory, supervised & unsupervised learning. - Experience with multimodal data (vision + language, audio, or sensor streams). - Knowledge of deep learning paradigms: CNNs, transformers, diffusion models, RL. - Data preprocessing, feature engineering, and performance profiling. - Clear scientific writing and ability to explain complex concepts. **Required Education & Certifications:** - Current enrollment or recent graduate (≤ 4 years) in Computer Science, Data Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field. - Coursework in machine learning, deep learning, probability, and linear algebra. - No mandatory certifications; strong academic background and code portfolio preferred.

Princeton, United states

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09-10-2025