Machine Learning Intern

Epic Games · Engineering Specialist

Pay: $111,223–$166,834/yr
Where: BLANK,BLANK,Multiple Locations
Posted: Aug 7

Epic Games is looking for current PhD students and recent PhD graduates (within 12 months of graduation) for paid research internships, working on state-of-the-art machine learning across our ecosystem. Epic makes Unreal Engine, which powers creative work across many industries, alongside some of the world's most popular games, including Fortnite and Rocket League. Through these products, ML research at Epic reaches millions of creators and players every day. AI is reshaping the games industry, and Epic Research - led by Lucia Specia and Michael Black - is at the center of that shift. We're looking for talented interns who want to be part of it.

What you'd do

AI-backed interactive characters: LLMs for conversational characters, memory systems, automated evals, animation, etc.
Game agents: vision-language-action, game-state agents, etc.
3D human and object tracking
Reinforcement learning for embodied behavior
Speech systems and conversational agents
World building and game logic generation: video models, 2D->3D scene building, etc.
AI-assisted game development, e.g. the next generation of Epic Developer Assistant for UE and UEFN
Embodied and physical intelligence including human-object interaction
Multi-modal diffusion models
Player safety: AI-alignment, content moderation, etc.

What they want

An ongoing or recently completed (within the last 12 months) PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, AI or a related field
A record of publication in top conferences/journals
Experience implementing deep learning algorithms for problems in computer vision, natural language processing, or speech/audio processing
Hands-on knowledge of state-of-the-art ML methods, such as Transformers, diffusion models, and reinforcement learning
Experience with post-training foundation models, including SFT, preference training, and reinforcement learning
Excellent coding and experimental engineering skills, including effective use of modern AI development tools
Desirable: game development experience in either C++ or C#

About Epic Games · Engineering Specialist

Epic Games is a leading interactive entertainment company. For over 30 years we've been making award-winning games and engine technology that empowers others to make visually stunning games and 3D content that bring environments to life like never before. Epic's award-winning Unreal Engine technology not only provides game developers the ability to build high-fidelity, interactive experiences for PC, console, mobile, and VR, it is also a tool being embraced by content creators across a variety…