Applied Science Phd Internship Opportunities

vor 18 Stunden

Zürich, Schweiz Microsoft Vollzeit

**Applied Science PhD Internship Opportunities**:
Zürich, Switzerland

Date posted

**Sep 19, 2025**
- Job number

**1879440**
- Work site

**3 days / week in-office**
- Travel

**0-25**%**
- Role type

**Individual Contributor**
- Profession

**Research, Applied, & Data Sciences**
- Discipline

**Applied Sciences**
- Employment type

**Internship**

**Overview**:
**Location**: Zürich, Switzerland

**Contract Type**: Internship

**Duration**: 12-weeks (40hrs/week)

The Spatial AI Lab is part of the Applied Sciences Group, a Microsoft research and development organization dedicated to creating next-generation human-computer interaction technologies leveraging the most recent AI developments and exploring new hardware capabilities and device form-factors. Our team of scientists and engineers has strong expertise in computer vision and multi-modal AI, with a particular focus on spatial and embodied AI.

We are seeking Research Interns in Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Robotics, broadly defined, for our Spatial AI Lab in Zurich. As an intern, you will collaborate with one or more mentors and use the cutting-edge hardware and software technology we are creating. An internship at Microsoft will not only enhance your own career but enable you to participate in exciting research breakthroughs in the field. Interns work, learn, and network for life with some of the world’s top researchers and engineers.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

**Qualifications**:
**Required Qualifications**
- Currently pursuing a PhD program in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, AI, or a related field.
- Fluency in English

**Preferred Qualifications**
- Research experience in one of the following areas:

- Image and video understanding, Large Language Models (LLM), Vision-Language Models (VLM)
- Mobile manipulation, robot-environment interaction, human-robot interaction, Vision-Language-Action (VLA) model
- Deep generative modelling, and deep learning architectures
- Model quantization, Post-Training Quantization (PTQ), Quantization-Aware Training (QAT)
- Skills in algorithmic problem-solving and software development (C++, Python, C#, etc.).
- Experience with open-source tools such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, ROS, OpenCV, Unity, etc.
- Publication(s) in top-tier conferences or journals in related fields (e.g., CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, IJCV, PAMI, ICRA, IROS, RSS, IJRR, TRO, NeurIPS, ICML, etc.).
- Excellent communication and writing skills.

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**Responsibilities**:

- Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.
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Industry leading healthcare
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Educational resources
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Discounts on products and services
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Savings and investments
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Maternity and paternity leave
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Generous time away
- 

Giving programs
- 

Opportunities to network and connect

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