Machine Learning Research Intern
Phonic · AI/ML/Data
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
- Metro
- San Francisco Bay Area
- Workplace
- On-site
- Level
- Intern
- Type
- Internship
- Posted
- 5 months ago
- Source
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What the posting covers
About Phonic
Phonic is a product and research lab focused on powering the most realistic, human-like voice AI conversations. We've re-thought the entire stack in pursuit of this goal, from models to product, to create voice agents that feel like they truly understand you,…
About the Team
Phonic has a very talent-dense and close-knit team. We collaborate with high trust and are constantly trying to improve how we work to deliver world-class research and product. Everyone takes ownership in what they do and they aren’t afraid to dive in…
The Role
As a Research Intern at Phonic, you'll work directly on the core problems that make Phonic's voice AI feel genuinely human. You'll own a research direction end-to-end — from identifying the right problem to designing experiments, developing novel methods, and…
What You'll Do
Identify high-leverage research problems across the voice AI stack from audio understanding to audio output, and take full ownership of driving them forward Design and run rigorous experiments that analyze architectural trade-offs to understand how design…
What You'll Bring
A track record of original work: you've found a real problem, developed an approach, and seen it through Proficiency in PyTorch (or JAX), and the ability to implement models cleanly from papers Fluency in the math, probability, optimization, and linear…
Nice To Have
Research experience in speech, audio, or language modeling (ASR, TTS, LLMs, codec models) Familiarity with generative modeling techniques: diffusion, flow matching, or autoregressive models Experience with RLHF or preference optimization Competitive…
Benefits
💸 Top-tier compensation: in order to get the best talent, we provide salary and equity that recognize your skillset 🥗 Meals: free breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided in the office 🤝 We have regular off-sites and team celebrations
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