September 2, 2025

NVIDIA 2026 Internships: Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics - US

Intern • On-site

$20 - $71/hr

Santa Clara, CA

By submitting your resume, you’re expressing interest in one of our 2026 Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics Internships. We’ll review resumes on an ongoing basis, and a recruiter may reach out if your experience fits one of our many internship opportunities. 

 

NVIDIA pioneered accelerated computing to tackle challenges no one else can solve. Our work in AI and digital twins is transforming the world's largest industries and profoundly impacting society — from gaming to robotics, self-driving cars to life-saving healthcare, climate change to virtual worlds where we can all connect and create.   

 

Our internships offer an excellent opportunity to expand your career and get hands on experience with one of our industry leading Autonomous Vehicles and Robotics teams. We’re seeking strategic, ambitious, hard-working, and creative individuals who are passionate about helping us tackle challenges no one else can solve. 

 

Throughout the 12-week minimum full-time internship, students will work on projects that have a measurable impact on our business. We’re looking for students pursuing Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree within a relevant or related field. 

 

Potential Internships in this field include:  

Autonomous Vehicles 

  • Developing and training state-of-the-art Deep Neural Networks for path generation 

  • Collecting training datasets and real-time inference run-times using simulators/gyms as well as performing in-vehicle tests 

  • Course or internship experience related to the following areas could be required: Computer Vision, Mapping, Localization, SLAM, Image Processing, Segmentation 

Robotics 

  • Building the fundamental infrastructure and software platforms of our system, working at the very heart of the software system, which will power every robot and application built with Isaac 

  • Course or internship experience related to the following areas could be required: Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Validation Frameworks for Deep Learning, Operating Systems and Data Structures (threads, processes, memory, synchronization), Physics Simulation, Simulators, Computer Graphics, Version Control, Computer Vision, Cloud Technologies 

What we need to see:  

Must be actively enrolled in a university pursuing a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, for the entire duration of the internship.     

Depending on the internship role, prior experience or knowledge requirements could include the following programming skills and technologies:

  • C, C++, CUDA, ROS, Python, OpenGL, Linux, Sensor Input Devices (LiDAR, cameras, radars), Training Frameworks (TensorFlow, Keras, PyTorch)  

 

Click here to learn more about NVIDIA, our early talent programs, benefits offered to students and other helpful student resources related to our latest technologies and endeavors. 

Our internship hourly rates are a standard pay based on the position, your location, year in school, degree, and experience. The hourly rate for our interns is 20 USD - 71 USD.

You will also be eligible for Intern benefits. ​

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis. NVIDIA is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.