# Machine Learning Internship, Manipulation at Persona AI

- Company: Persona AI
- What the company does: Backed by 500 Global.
- Company website: https://personastudios.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Internship
- Location: Houston, TX
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-07-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/persona.ai/ed9a7425-9798-471e-b46a-fefd59570630
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/persona-ai-machine-learning-internship-manipulation/

## About the role

We're looking for a Machine Learning Intern (Manipulation) to help build Persona's machine learning models and infrastructure. We are primarily interested in candidates with experience and relevant projects in robot learning, but can be flexible depending on aptitude and energy. As a Machine Learning Intern at Persona, you will have an incredible opportunity to work with humanoid robots and solve practical problems in the real world.

## What they're looking for

- Courage and grit to tackle some of the hardest problems in embodied AI
- Enthusiasm for working collaboratively in a high paced team environment
- Experience with deep learning frameworks (Pytorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.)
- Experience with cloud computing to develop models, manage data, etc. (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Strong understanding of the state of the art research in robot learning (behavior cloning and reinforcement learning for manipulation, world models, etc.)
- Understanding of the challenges of deploying neural network models in the real world

Tags: Persona AI