What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2026 Intern, ML/NLP Research (Spring/Summer/Fall) position at Samsung Research America (SRA)?
Lab Summary: AI Research Center (AIC) located in Mountain View, California focuses on research and development which directly impacts future Samsung products reaching hundreds of millions of users worldwide. We are focused on pushing the state-of-the-art and practice in natural language and knowledge intelligence.
Position Summary: Samsung Research AI center, located in Mountain View, CA, is currently recruiting world-class students who can thrive in a fast-pace, cross team, results-driven environment, with focus on highly visible, challenging, and cross discipline projects. You will be part of an exciting project to build an adaptive, personalized, contextual and secure AI model and system to enable fast, accurate and safe interactions tailored to users’ needs on Samsung devices.
Position Responsibilities:
Our total rewards programs are designed to motivate and engage exceptional talent. The hourly pay rate range for roles at this level is listed below, but may be higher or lower in other states due to geographic differentials in the labor market. Within the hourly pay rate range, individual rates depend on a number of factors—including the role’s function and location as well as the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, education and training. This is part of our comprehensive compensation package with annual bonus eligibility and generous benefits to help you live life well.
Hourly Pay Rate Range
$48—$63 USD
Additional Information
Disclosure of Trade Secrets
Samsung has a strict policy on trade secrets. In applying to Samsung and progressing through the recruitment process, you must not disclose any trade secrets of a current or previous employer.
Essential Job Functions
This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, and frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
Samsung Research America is committed to complying with all Federal, State and local laws related to the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the recruiter or email sratalent@samsung.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At Samsung, we believe that innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We aim to create a global team where everyone belongs and has equal opportunities, inspiring our talent to be their true selves. Together, we are building a better tomorrow for our customers, partners, and communities.
Samsung Research America is committed to employing a diverse workforce, and provide Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
For more information regarding protection from discrimination under Federal law for applicants and employees, please refer to this link: Pay Transparency
Position Summary: Samsung Research AI center, located in Mountain View, CA, is currently recruiting world-class students who can thrive in a fast-pace, cross team, results-driven environment, with focus on highly visible, challenging, and cross discipline projects. You will be part of an exciting project to build an adaptive, personalized, contextual and secure AI model and system to enable fast, accurate and safe interactions tailored to users’ needs on Samsung devices.
Position Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement novel deep learning/reinforcement learning algorithms for natural language processing (text, speech) in various applications
- Contribute to the research activities of our team
- Generate creative solutions (patents) and publish in top conferences (papers)
- Current Ph.D. student in CS, EE, or related field
- Teamwork and communication skills
- Experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Expertise in LLM including model architecture, training/finetuning techniques, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), reasoning and action planning, etc.
- Experience in planning, tool use, agent AI, and agent memory to develop autonomous systems for decision-making, problem-solving, and adaptability.
- Experience in knowledge augmented AI technologies (e.g., language prompt, knowledge graph, neuro-symbolic learning)
- Experience in conversational AI technologies: natural language processing (e.g., language models, semantic parsing, natural language generation etc.), dialogue (e.g., state tracking, policy learning), and representation learning (embedding, conceptualization, etc.)
- Experience in multimodal AI technologies for various multimodal applications
- Experience in on-device AI technologies such as lightweight model architecture design
- Proficiency in a neural network library (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- Track record of research/publications on machine learning and artificial intelligence field (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, AAAI, IJCAI, CVPR, ACL, EMNLP, NAACL, TACL, etc.)
Our total rewards programs are designed to motivate and engage exceptional talent. The hourly pay rate range for roles at this level is listed below, but may be higher or lower in other states due to geographic differentials in the labor market. Within the hourly pay rate range, individual rates depend on a number of factors—including the role’s function and location as well as the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, education and training. This is part of our comprehensive compensation package with annual bonus eligibility and generous benefits to help you live life well.
Hourly Pay Rate Range
$48—$63 USD
Additional Information
Disclosure of Trade Secrets
Samsung has a strict policy on trade secrets. In applying to Samsung and progressing through the recruitment process, you must not disclose any trade secrets of a current or previous employer.
Essential Job Functions
This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, and frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.
Samsung Research America is committed to complying with all Federal, State and local laws related to the employment of qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact the recruiter or email sratalent@samsung.com.
Equal Employment Opportunity
At Samsung, we believe that innovation and growth are driven by an inclusive culture and a diverse workforce. We aim to create a global team where everyone belongs and has equal opportunities, inspiring our talent to be their true selves. Together, we are building a better tomorrow for our customers, partners, and communities.
Samsung Research America is committed to employing a diverse workforce, and provide Equal Employment Opportunity for all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a protected veteran, genetic information, status as a qualified individual with a disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
For more information regarding protection from discrimination under Federal law for applicants and employees, please refer to this link: Pay Transparency
Salary : $48 - $63