Human Interactive Driving Intern – Human Aware Interaction and Learning
Toyota Research InstituteCambridge, Massachusetts
Internship
Posted October 17, 2025
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Job Description
This internship involves conducting research in AI, robotics, and human factors to develop innovative approaches for human-vehicle interaction in autonomous driving systems, with the goal of advancing safety, semi-autonomous driving, and robotic applications.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct research on AI topics related to autonomous vehicles, including multi-agent modeling, human-robot interactions, trajectory prediction, driver behavior understanding, activity recognition, shared control, and human-machine teaming.
- Develop innovative AI approaches to improve driver-vehicle interactions, focusing on long-term human-AI teaming, co-adaptation, and teaching.
- Contribute to creating technology applicable to next-generation safety systems, semi-autonomous driving, and robotic applications.
- Collaborate with research team to produce publications in top-tier conferences.
Requirements
- Motivated interns with excellent capabilities for research in various areas of AI around autonomous vehicles and related topics.
- Experience or demonstrated ability in research areas such as multi-agent modeling, human-robot interactions, trajectory prediction, driver state and behavior understanding, activity recognition, shared control, human-machine teaming interaction, and computational teaching of humans.
- Ability to create innovative approaches that reframe how driver and intelligent vehicles interact, challenging traditional methods for prediction, planning, and interaction with the driver.
- Focus on developing AI approaches that support longer-term human-AI teaming, including co-adaptation and teaching, with multiple research opportunities along the way.
- Research experience aimed at publication in a top-tier conference.
- Relevant publications in the fields of autonomous vehicles, robotics, or related areas (applicants are encouraged to include a link to Google Scholar when submitting CV).
- Strong collaboration skills.
- Availability to work in a hybrid in-office role at the Cambridge, MA research center for a 12-week summer internship in 2026.
- Possession of the educational background and skills necessary for research in AI, robotics, computer vision, or related fields (implied by the research focus and publication requirement).
- Legal eligibility to work in the United States (implied by the location and employment context).
- Willingness to work in a research environment with access to resources and strong researchers.
Benefits & Perks
Paid 12-week internship during Summer 2026
Competitive compensation (expected between $40 and $58 per hour for Massachusetts-based roles)
Hybrid in-office role in Cambridge, MA
Generous benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off benefits including holiday pay and sick time
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