Human-Centered AI Intern, Behavioral Science
Toyota Research InstituteLos Altos, California
Internship
Posted February 12, 2026
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Job Description
A summer internship position at Toyota Research Institute focused on behavioral science and human-centered AI, involving research on collective wellbeing, organizational decision-making, and measurement design through interdisciplinary collaboration and quantitative analysis.
Key Responsibilities
- Advance a research-driven wellbeing framework related to organizational decision-making
- Conduct conceptual work, measurement design, and quantitative analysis of wellbeing in complex systems
- Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and strategy discussions to connect research to business impact
Requirements
- Applicants must have a strong methodological training and interest in collective wellbeing, with educational background in fields such as psychology, organizational behavior, sociology, behavioral economics, human factors, computational social sciences, or related disciplines.
- Candidates should have experience or skills in conceptual work, measurement design, and quantitative analysis, with an emphasis on multilevel thinking.
- Applicants must be available to participate in a 12-week summer internship in Summer 2026, which is a paid internship.
- Applicants must be able to work in a hybrid in-office role, with flexibility to attend in-person meetings at the designated location.
- Candidates should have the ability to engage in strategy discussions connecting research projects to business impact at Toyota.
- Applicants must be able to participate in all Human-Centered AI Division meetings and Harmonious Communities group meetings during the internship.
- Applicants should have a demonstrated interest in understanding, simulating, and shaping wellbeing in complex, real-world systems, including workplaces, communities, and organizations.
- Candidates must be able to analyze how wellbeing emerges, is distributed, and changes over time across groups, and how organizational structures, policies, and interventions can support collective outcomes.
- Applicants should have the ability to contribute to research questions such as the meaning of collective wellbeing, its relation to individual wellbeing, and how wellbeing can be rigorously measured in real-world, imperfect settings.
- Candidates must be able to submit a CV including a full list of publications and presentations, and include a link to Google Scholar when applying.
- Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States, as the internship is based in the US (California or Massachusetts).
Benefits & Perks
Paid 12-week internship
Hybrid in-office role
Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Paid time off including holiday pay and sick time
Opportunities to participate in division and team meetings
Exposure to interdisciplinary industrial research
Strategy discussions connecting research to business impact
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