[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All NVIDIA jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/) · [Search jobs](/search/) NVIDIA · Switzerland, Zurich # PhD Research Intern, Autonomous Systems and Physical AI Research - 2027 Switzerland, Zurich Early career Research & Science Listed on NVIDIA’s official careers site. Posted September 29, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on NVIDIA’s careers site →](https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/Switzerland-Zurich/PhD-Research-Intern--Autonomous-Systems-and-Physical-AI-Research---2027_JR2024606-1) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [NVIDIA](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/) / PhD Research Intern, Autonomous Systems and Physical AI Research - 2027 ## Job description We are recruiting outstanding Research Interns to work on autonomous vehicles, robotics, and physical AI! Intelligent machines that can perceive, reason, and safely interact with people and the physical world are rapidly becoming a reality. Self-driving cars, autonomous delivery and construction vehicles, mobile manipulators, and other robotic systems are moving closer to widespread deployment. However, fundamental research challenges remain before these systems can operate safely, reliably, and autonomously in complex, unfamiliar environments. ### For example, how can we Develop new training paradigms that use perception and interaction to train autonomous vehicle and robot policies in closed loop? Equip autonomous systems with online and offline assurances that meet the requirements of safety-critical applications? Enable vehicles and robots to navigate across new environments, tasks, and embodiments? Build systems that reason under uncertainty and interact safely and naturally with people and other agents? These are some of the exciting questions being explored by NVIDIA’s Autonomous Systems and Physical AI Research (ASPIRE) group. Our diverse, interdisciplinary team conducts foundational research spanning foundation model design, embodied reasoning, safety, closed-loop training and evaluation, and agentic workflows for Physical AI development. We also investigate related areas including decision-making under uncertainty, deep learning, reinforcement learning, simulation, and the verification and validation of safety-critical AI systems. Our focus is on fundamental research, and lab members are encouraged to publish their work and open-source their code. NVIDIA is known for its collaborative culture, and our researchers work closely with experts across the company in autonomous vehicles, robotics, perception, simulation, and machine learning. This creates opportunities to influence real-world products while retaining the freedom and bandwidth to conduct groundbreaking, publishable research. ### What you’ll be doing Designing and implementing cutting-edge techniques for autonomous vehicles, robotics, and physical AI. Conducting original research and publishing your results. Collaborating with research colleagues, internal product teams, and external researchers. Transferring technology you’ve developed to relevant product groups. ### What we need to see Currently pursuing a PhD in Robotics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field. Relevant research experience in autonomous vehicles, robotics, embodied AI, or autonomous systems. Strong knowledge of the theory and practice of vehicle or robot autonomy—or expertise in a related area, with a strong interest in applying your work to autonomous systems. A track record of research excellence, demonstrated through publications at leading conferences and journals—such as RSS, ICRA, CoRL, IJRR, NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, TAC, etc.—and through other research artifacts such as open-source software. Exceptional Python programming skills; experience with C++ and parallel programming, such as CUDA, is a plus. Experience with machine learning frameworks such as PyTorch. Strong communication and interpersonal skills are required, along with the ability to thrive in a dynamic, research-focused team. Are you intellectually curious, collaborative, and motivated to solve complex problems at the intersection of AI and the physical world? If so, you may be a great fit for NVIDIA. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Sep 29, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 13, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 20, 2026 - Listed for: 21 days - Location: Switzerland, Zurich[Apply on NVIDIA’s careers site →](https://nvidia.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/NVIDIAExternalCareerSite/job/Switzerland-Zurich/PhD-Research-Intern--Autonomous-Systems-and-Physical-AI-Research---2027_JR2024606-1) ## More jobs at NVIDIA ### [PhD Research Intern, Robotics - Summer 2027](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/e9855cd9b2c2b1b4d126/) Switzerland, Zurich ### [Senior Solutions Architect, Higher Education and Research, Multimodal and Physical AI](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/5657d1afea0fbd5b10dd/) Switzerland, Zurich ### [Robotics Simulation and Evaluation PhD Intern - Summer 2027](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/f1f4e2c42b4eb39ee7cf/) Switzerland, Zurich ### [Senior CPU Performance Developer Technology Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/afd2b31b922c8d73b578/) Switzerland, Zurich ### [Senior HPC and AI Network Software Architect](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/nvidia/jobs/dfab9aead8565bd1c7a9/) Switzerland, Zurich ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Research Intern (PhD), Autonomous Infrastructure and Telemetry](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/marvell-technology/jobs/52af93357847fb662ce1/) Marvell Technology · Hyderabad ### [Research Engineer - Robotics and Autonomous Systems - Vernova Research](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ge-vernova/jobs/1a2730f748e132aee4c5/) GE Vernova · Niskayuna ### [西门子中国研究院 具身大模型科学家 Expert Research Scientist on Autonomous Polyfunctional Robots (Foundation Models)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/siemens/jobs/b53a76fc0531f3c652f7/) Siemens ### [西门子中国研究院 具身数据科学家 Expert Research Scientist on Autonomous Polyfunctional Robot (Data Full-Stack)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/siemens/jobs/1ec1cae29e8df1ddd05c/) Siemens ### [Research Intern (PhD), Storage Systems for AI](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/marvell-technology/jobs/ec3b10dcb3d5ca4fa1d9/) Marvell Technology · Hyderabad [Research & Science jobs](/functions/research-science/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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