Research Scientist Intern, Gen AI LLM Safety & Explainability (PhD) - Meta

Summary:

Meta was built to help people connect and share, and over the last decade our tools have played a critical part in changing how people around the world communicate with one another. With over a billion people using the service and more than fifty offices around the globe, a career at Meta offers countless ways to make an impact in a fast growing organization.Meta is seeking Research Interns to join our Generative AI efforts. We are committed to advancing the field of artificial intelligence by making fundamental advances in technologies to help interact with and understand our world. We are seeking individuals passionate in areas such as deep learning, computer vision, audio and speech processing, natural language processing, machine learning, reinforcement learning, computational statistics, and applied mathematics. Our interns have an opportunity to make core algorithmic advances and apply their ideas at an unprecedented scale.Our internships are twelve (12) to twenty-four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year.

Required Skills:

Research Scientist Intern, Gen AI LLM Safety & Explainability (PhD) Responsibilities:

1. Develop novel state-of-the-art generative AI algorithms and corresponding systems, leveraging various deep learning techniques

2. Help analyze and improve safety and robustness of corresponding deployed algorithms based on the project

3. Perform research to advance the science and technology of intelligent machines

4. Collaborate with researchers and cross-functional partners including communicating research plans, progress, and results

5. Disseminate research results

6. Publish research results and contribute to research that can be applied to Meta product development

Minimum Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

7. Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Computer Vision, Audio Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, or relevant technical field

8. Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

9. Research experience in machine learning, deep learning, computer vision and/or natural language processing

10. Experience with Python, C++, C, Java or other related languages

11. Experience with deep learning frameworks such as Pytorch or Tensorflow

Preferred Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

12. Intent to return to the degree program after the completion of the internship/co-op

13. Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI, RecSys, KDD, IJCAI, CVPR, ECCV, ACL, NAACL, EACL, ICASSP, or similar

14. Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment

15. Publications or experience in machine learning, AI, computer vision, optimization, computer science, statistics, applied mathematics, or data science

16. Experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches

17. Experience setting up ML experiments and analyzing their results

18. Experience manipulating and analyzing complex, large scale, high-dimensionality data from varying sources

19. Experience in utilizing theoretical and empirical research to solve problems

20. Experience with explainable AI methods and topics around LLM safety alignment

21. Demonstrated software engineer experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub)

Public Compensation:

$7,800/month to $11,293/month + benefits

Industry: Internet

Equal Opportunity:

Meta is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Meta participates in the E-Verify program in certain locations, as required by law. Please note that Meta may leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies in connection with applications for employment.

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