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Position Overview 

As an Intern in Autodesk Research’s AI Lab you'll apply advanced machine learning techniques to help our customers design and create a better, safer, more sustainable world. We are a team of researchers, engineers, and industry domain experts working on projects that range from learning-based design systems, computer vision, graphics, robotics, human-computer interaction, sustainability, simulation, manufacturing, architectural design and construction. 

We are looking for an intern to work on generative research for computer-aided design. Your role is to explore new generative models that can output high-fidelity CAD models in B-rep boundary representation or sketch-and-extrude CAD operations. We're also passionate about research that enables design exploration (getting to alternative design solutions), design automation (getting to the finished design faster), and user controllability.

Autodesk's AI Lab is active in the wider research community, targeting publications at CVPR, NeurIPS, ICML, SIGGRAPH, ICLR, and other top-tier conferences. We collaborate with top academic & industry labs, combining the best of an academic environment with product-driven research. 

• Work on a Transformer-based CAD generation project as the leading contributor

• Collaborate with other members of our AI lab

• Aim to publish in top-tier ML conferences

Minimum Qualifications 

•    Full-time student pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computational Design, Graphics, Machine Learning or a discipline in an accredited program with at least one academic term to complete post-internship  

•    Broad understanding of machine learning and deep learning 

•    Excellent Programming and software development skills, with experience in Python 

•    Proficient with ML & DL platforms & libraries (PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, scikit-learn, etc.) 

•    Experience conducting research and publishing results 

•    An excellent communicator and team player 

Preferred Qualifications 

•    Deep expertise in an area such as computer vision, 2D/3D geometry representation learning, generative models, reinforcement learning, and unsupervised/self-supervised learning.

•    Knowledge of 3D computer graphics, computational geometry, and 3D geometry manipulation  

•    Experience with LLM, Transformer, Diffusion Models, graph neural networks, and CAD

About the Canada Intern Program  

The 2025 Canada Internship program runs for 16 weeks (May 5th – August 22nd). All internships are paid. As an intern, you will contribute to meaningful projects, be mentored by industry leaders, and participate in tech talks and other activities designed to support your personal and professional development. Our internships align with Autodesk’s Flexible Workplace approach, which is designed to meet the needs of our business while providing flexibility in support of office, remote and hybrid work preferences. 

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