Xaira Therapeutics

Lab Automation - Vision AI Engineer Intern

South San Francisco, California, United States · Intern · Internship

Sponsorship not specified$10k-$13kDetected 21 days ago

PythonC++C#Machine LearningDeep LearningPyTorchComputer VisionLLMsAgentic AILangGraphAI OrchestrationRoboticsBlenderUnityResearchMentoring

About the role

You will work closely with experienced AI and automation engineers and receive hands-on mentorship while contributing to production systems used in cutting-edge biotechnology research.
Benchmark computer vision, vision-language, and multimodal AI models for accuracy, robustness, inference latency, and deployment cost.
Evaluate approaches for generalized object detection, object relationships, affordance recognition, and intention inference in laboratory environments.

Design and develop an AI-driven state-machine architecture that orchestrates perception, reasoning, planning, and downstream task execution for autonomous laboratory workflows.
Develop generalized scene understanding and spatial reasoning pipelines that minimize object-specific model training.
Build scalable inference pipelines optimized for edge GPUs and cloud deployment.
Develop synthetic and augmented datasets using simulation platforms to improve model robustness and generalization.
Design benchmarking frameworks for evaluating perception models across diverse laboratory scenarios.
Collaborate with automation and robotics engineers to integrate perception systems into autonomous laboratory workflows.
Document model performance, deployment strategies, and architectural recommendations.
Opportunity to build AI systems deployed on real robotic platforms operating in cutting-edge biotechnology laboratories.
Our goal to build a diverse and inclusive team began on day one, and it will never end.

Experience evaluating, training, or fine-tuning AI models.
Currently pursuing or recently completed a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Robotics, or a related field.
Strong software engineering skills in one or more modern programming languages (e.g., Python, C++, C#), with experience developing AI applications, cloud-based workflows, and production software systems.
Experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.
Experience developing computer vision or multimodal AI projects through coursework, research, internships, or personal projects.
Familiarity with object detection, segmentation, tracking, vision-language models, or scene understanding.
Strong curiosity for embodied AI, spatial reasoning, and real-world AI deployment.

Experience with simulation platforms for synthetic or augmented data generation (Isaac Sim, Blender, MuJoCo, Unity, Habitat, etc.).
Experience with foundation models, multimodal AI, LLMs, or agentic AI frameworks.
Experience with agentic AI frameworks (LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, AutoGen, PydanticAI), Model Context Protocol (MCP), or AI systems that integrate language models with external tools and software.
Familiarity with ROS2, MoveIt, SLAM, Foxglove, or robotics software stacks.
Experience deploying AI models on GPU edge devices (TensorRT, CUDA, ONNX).
Experience with laboratory automation or scientific instrumentation.
Access to world-class scientists, advanced robotics platforms, and modern AI infrastructure.
Opportunity to contribute to the next generation of Physical AI for scientific discovery.

About Xaira Therapeutics
Xaira is an innovative biotech startup focused on leveraging AI to transform drug discovery and development.
Collectively, these technologies aim to continually enable the identification of novel therapies and to improve success in drug development.
Xaira is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and London.

$10,000 - $13,000 per month
Duration: 6 months
Xaira Therapeutics an equal-opportunity employer. We believe that our strength is in our differences. Our goal to build a diverse and inclusive team began on day one, and it will never end.
TO ALL RECRUITMENT AGENCIES: Xaira Therapeutics does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or employees. Xaira Therapeutics is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

Close mentorship from experienced AI, computer vision, robotics, and automation engineers.
Hands-on experience with state-of-the-art vision models, multimodal AI, robotics, GPU computing, and laboratory automation.
Design and evaluate AI architectures that combine computer vision, LLMs, and downstream task execution.

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