The Bosch Group is a leading global supplier of technology and services. It employs roughly 413,000 associates worldwide (as of December 31, 2025). The company generated sales of 91 billion euros in 2025. Its operations are divided into four business sectors: Mobility, Industrial Technology, Consumer Goods, and Energy and Building Technology. With its business activities, the company aims to use technology to help shape universal trends such as automation, electrification, digitalization, connectivity, and an orientation to sustainability. In this context, Bosch’s broad diversification across regions and industries strengthens its innovativeness and robustness. Bosch uses its proven expertise in sensor technology, software, and services to offer customers cross-domain solutions from a single source. It also applies its expertise in connectivity and artificial intelligence in order to develop and manufacture user-friendly, sustainable products. With technology that is “Invented for life,” Bosch wants to help improve quality of life and conserve natural resources. The Bosch Group comprises Robert Bosch GmbH and its roughly 500 subsidiary and regional companies in over 60 countries. Including sales and service partners, Bosch’s global manufacturing, engineering, and sales network covers nearly every country in the world. Bosch’s innovative strength is key to the company’s further development. At 136 locations across the globe, Bosch employs some 82,000 associates in research and development.
Company Description
The Bosch Research and Technology Center North America with offices in Sunnyvale, California, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cambridge, Massachusetts is a part of the global Bosch Group (www.bosch.com), a company with over 70 billion euro revenue, 400,000 employees worldwide, a very diverse product portfolio, and a history spanning over 125 years. The Research and Technology Center North America (RTC-NA) is dedicated to providing technologies and system solutions for various Bosch business fields, primarily in the field of artificial intelligence, energy technologies, internet technologies, circuit design, semiconductors and wireless, as well as advanced MEMS design.
As a part of the global research, our AI research in Silicon Valley focuses on Foundation Models, Big Data Visual Analytics, Explainable AI (XAI), Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision & Mixed Reality, Cloud Robotics, Data Science, AI System Engineering, Time-series Analysis. We develop scalable, intelligent, and trustworthy AIoT solutions for Bosch products and services in application areas such as automated driving, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics, smart manufacturing, enterprise AI, health care, smart home and building solutions.
Originating from the AI research in Silicon Valley, our Intelligent Autonomous Systems group is responsible for enabling future autonomous Bosch products by pushing the boundaries of automated driving, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), robotics and automation through key innovations that encompass system architecture and AI components. These include methods for motion planning, high level task planning and decision making as well as systems for making these technologies work on real products by building frameworks that take advantage of technologies in the field of reliable distributed computing. We work with internal partners of different Bosch business units to transfer our solutions into future products. We also actively collaborate with leading groups in academia and industry to promote research ideas and publish research findings in internationally renowned conferences and journals such as CVPR, ICRA, IROS, RSS, NeurIPS and CoRL.
Job Description
At Bosch Research, you will work on the latest challenges drawn from Mobility, including autonomous parking and driving. You will work closely with experienced Bosch researchers in Silicon Valley and across our global research network, receive mentorship from leading AI experts, and contribute to publications in top-tier AI conferences and journals. This internship offers a unique opportunity to combine scientific innovation with real-world deployment and technology transfer.
Depending on your expertise and interests, you will contribute to one or more cutting-edge research topics, including:
Autonomous E2E/ World Action Models (WAM) models
Planning and decision making under uncertainty and noise
Road user behavior modeling in dynamic scenarios
Post-training, Reinforcement Learning, and Self-Play
Foundation model distillation (i.e. student/teacher)
Multi-modal trajectory modeling using vision and priors
Key responsibilities include:
Conduct novel research in E2E, Distillation, and RL methods.
Develop research prototypes that demonstrate innovative ideas and solutions.
Collaborate closely with Bosch researchers and subject-matter experts.
Analyze experimental results and identify opportunities for scientific innovation.
Publish research outcomes in top-tier AI and robotics conferences and journals, such as CoRL, ICRA, CVPR, NeurIPS, ICML, and ICLR.
Present research findings internally and externally through technical reports, publications, and presentations.
Qualifications
Basic Qualifications
Currently enrolled in a Ph.D. or Master's program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, or a related field.
Minimum GPA of 3.0
Strong research background in autonomous driving, robotics, computer vision, machine learning, or related areas
Research experience in post-training, reinforcement learning, self-play, and end-to-end systems.
Experience developing AI and robotics systems using modern frameworks and ecosystems
Strong programming skills in Python and experience with modern AI/ML framework
Experience conducting independent research, designing experiments, and analyzing results.
Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to work effectively in a collaborative research environment.
Preferred Qualifications
Publication record in top-tier AI, CV, or robotics venues (e.g., CoRL, ICRA, CVPR, NeurIPS, ICML, and ICLR).
Research experience in autonomous driving and robotics architectures, task planning, reasoning, and autonomous decision making.
Experience with behavior modeling, scene understanding, and prediction
Experience with multi-modal foundation models involving language, vision, and structured data.
Experience in reinforcement learning, online learning, or adaptive decision-making systems.
Experience with autonomous driving benchmarking, evaluation methodologies, reliability, and safety.
Experience working with real-time systems and full driving/parking/robotics stack(s)
Open-source contributions or demonstrated leadership in AI research communities.
Additional Information
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability / veterans
*Bosch adheres to Federal, State, and Local laws regarding drug-testing. Employment is contingent upon the successful completion of a drug screen and background check. Candidates who have been offered the position must pass both screenings before their start date.
BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)
FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology)
AWIM (A World In Motion)
The U.S. base salary range for this intern position is $46.00-69.00 hourly. Within the range, individual pay is determined based on several factors, including, but not limited to, type of degree, work experience and job knowledge, complexity of the role, type of position, job location, etc. Your Hiring Manager can share more details about the specific salary range for this position during the interview process.
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