# Human Interactive Driving Research Intern, World Models at Toyota Research Institute

- Company: Toyota Research Institute
- What the company does: Toyota Ventures is Toyota’s first standalone early-stage venture capital firm.
- Company website: https://toyota.ventures
- Type: VC firms
- Level: Internship
- Location: Los Altos, CA
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/tri/828d98d0-f914-404f-b537-5d05236128bb?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
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## About the role

You will be joining the Extreme Performance Intelligent Control (EPIC) team in the Human Interactive Driving division, a multidisciplinary research team focused on developing a world foundation model for driving—a unified, transferable representation of driving knowledge built from large-scale real-world and simulated data. Together, we are tackling the complex challenges of multi-agent interaction, causal reasoning, and embodied intelligence in highly dynamic, real-world driving environments. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Robotics, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or related fields
- Strong background in machine learning, particularly in areas such as deep learning, generative models, reinforcement learning, or probabilistic modeling
- Hands-on experience training and evaluating world models, model-based reinforcement learning, 3D reconstruction or sensor fusion, and large-scale simulation for robotics or autonomous systems
- Proficient coding skills with expertise in modern deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, JAX, TensorFlow, etc.)
- Prior publication(s) in top-tier AI/ML conferences

Tags: Internships - Summer 2027

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