What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025 PhD Residency, AI and Climate Science position at X, The Moonshot Factory?
The Foundation Of An Amazing Journey
Our goal at X is to make the world a radically better place. In order to do that we seek fresh unexpected perspectives, from different fields, and that’s why we’re excited about you.
Life here isn’t easy, but it’s fun. We’re trying to build things most people can’t even imagine, and we’re doing it with the hope of making a huge, positive impact on the world. You’ll be embedded into a moonshot project, where you’ll partner with team members to solve key challenges.
This isn’t your ordinary internship. You’ll be positively challenged and pushed professionally, in ways that you may have never experienced. If this excites you - keep reading.
What You'll Be Working On
You will collaborate with the confidential X Project team to apply advanced ML techniques to problems in the weather/climate space.
Your goal will be to understand the project’s challenges and:
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/astro-teller-captain-of-moonshots-at-x-speaks-at-wired25
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-10/alphabet-x-s-astro-teller-on-bloomberg-studio-1-0-video
The US base salary range for this position is $109,000 - $150,000 benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include benefits.
Our goal at X is to make the world a radically better place. In order to do that we seek fresh unexpected perspectives, from different fields, and that’s why we’re excited about you.
Life here isn’t easy, but it’s fun. We’re trying to build things most people can’t even imagine, and we’re doing it with the hope of making a huge, positive impact on the world. You’ll be embedded into a moonshot project, where you’ll partner with team members to solve key challenges.
This isn’t your ordinary internship. You’ll be positively challenged and pushed professionally, in ways that you may have never experienced. If this excites you - keep reading.
What You'll Be Working On
You will collaborate with the confidential X Project team to apply advanced ML techniques to problems in the weather/climate space.
Your goal will be to understand the project’s challenges and:
- Suggest a number of ways in which ML and other techniques can apply to those challenges.
- Prototype solutions.
- Work closely with team members to implement solutions.
- Learn Moonshot thinking, attend colloquium and tech talks.
- Engage with the X Internship community during the program.
- Have fun!
- Lead and participate in cutting-edge research and application in artificial intelligence applied to problems in the climate/weather space.
- Develop, implement, and deploy robust, scalable ML/AI solutions for climate/weather applications.
- Contribute to code reviews, establish best practices for ML engineering, and optimize code for performance and scalability.
- Demonstrate adaptability by rapidly learning and applying AI/ML techniques to new and diverse problem areas as projects evolve.
- Location: X's headquarters in Mountain View, CA
- Start Date(s): Year-round rolling basis
- Duration: a flexible 6 mo. to 1 year program based on project team needs and your availability
- To be embedded into one of our confidential or public X projects
- To get paid competitively and receive benefits
- To be a part of a lively community of AI and ML Residents
- To attend tech-talks with AI leaders from across X
- Active PhD program in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Atmospheric/Oceanic Science or a related technical field.
- Working experience with Deep Learning Models and data pipelines.
- Working experience with Atmospheric/Oceanic numerical models (such as WRF or ROMS).
- Fluent in Python, ML APIs (Tensorflow, Pytorch or JAX)
- Very strong analytical skills. Ability to gather and analyze large quantities of information, and turn them into insightful business recommendations
- Good at problem stating and problem solving, and turning ambiguous problem spaces into radical solutions. Must be able to break down problems independently
- Can do attitude, willing to learn new tools and content to become an effective thought partner with project teams
- Excellent communication skills i.e experience writing strategy docs, experience delivering presentations, and a general openness to liaise with senior external partners
- Motivated by making the world a better place through technology, and wanting to be part of a team that makes this happen
- An ability to thrive on ambiguity, setting own goals and effectively delivering them in a fast-changing environment
- Adept at influencing without authority, working cross-functionally with different teams in order to drive decision making
- Experience in using distributed computing resources, such as GCP, AWS, Azure or HPC clusters
https://www.wired.com/video/watch/astro-teller-captain-of-moonshots-at-x-speaks-at-wired25
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-10/alphabet-x-s-astro-teller-on-bloomberg-studio-1-0-video
The US base salary range for this position is $109,000 - $150,000 benefits. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include benefits.
Salary : $109,000 - $150,000
