Research Intern

7 months ago

Johannesburg, South Africa UNAMANI AI Full time

**AI Research Intern (PhD)**

**Who we are**

Unamani AI is an AI Think Tank and Consultancy at the forefront of integrating cutting-edge AI technologies into practical business solutions. Our proprietary set of AI tools and machine learning models is transforming the consulting industry, and we are looking for a visionary **AI Research Intern (PhD)** to propel us further.

**The role**

At Unamani, work is more than a job - it's a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better, but to attempt things you've never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world's most challenging problems? If so, let's talk.

To seize the boundless opportunities AI presents, we've made it our mission to confront the social, economic, health, political, and environmental intricacies of the 21st century head-on. We're not just thinkers; we're creators with a relentless pursuit of solutions that make a lasting impact, thus we encourage research and innovation beyond our existing business cases and invite those who wish to be the architects of tomorrow’s solutions.

**The day-to-day**
- Design and implementation of novel algorithms to solve challenging NLM, computer vision, Sentiment analysis, Named Entity Recognition, Predictive Maintenance, Generative Models problems.
- We enthusiastically embrace diverse research challenges, irrespective of their alignment with our specific business cases. Our commitment to societal impact motivates us to extend our support to address a broad spectrum of research problems.
- Experimental design, implementation, and execution to evaluate new algorithms
- Collaboration with and support of other researchers across the company
- Communication of research agenda, progress, and results
- Internships are 16 to 24 weeks long and have various start dates
- Specific projects will be designed in collaboration with successful applicants
- Are in the process of obtaining a PhD in robotics, computer science, engineering, AI, statistics or related field
- Have experience in conceptualising, implementing and thoroughly evaluating advanced AI-based systems
- Have excellent communication skills and the ability to report and present research findings clearly and efficiently both internally and externally
- Are passionate about keeping up to date with current research and enjoy reimplementing / extending papers on state-of-the-art Deep Learning-based approaches
- Possess solid software engineering skills, writing clean and well-structured code in Python and/or languages like Rust, or modern C++
- Experience with machine learning software platforms such as PyTorch, Jax, TensorFlow, etc

**Nice to have**
- A proven track record of achieving results as demonstrated in accepted papers in top-tier conferences such as CVPR, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICCV, ECCV, SIGGRAPH, ICRA, IROS, etc
- 3D computer vision and geometry expertise
- Strong maths and optimisation skills
- Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration

**Join Unamani and work with world-leading experts in their fields**
- Unamani’s work is important. You’ll be directly contributing to the protection of democratic countries while balancing both ethical and geopolitical concerns
- The work is unique. We operate in a domain that has highly unusual technical requirements and constraints, and where robustness, safety, and ethical considerations are vital. You will face unique Engineering and AI challenges that make a meaningful impact in the world
- In our domain, success is a matter of order-of-magnitude improvements and novel capabilities. This means we take bets, aim high, and focus on big opportunities.
- We actively encourage healthy, proactive, and diverse debate internally about what we do and how we choose to do it. Teams and individual engineers are trusted (and encouraged) to practise responsible autonomy and critical thinking, and to focus on outcomes, not conformity. At Unamani, you will have a say in how we (and you) work, the opportunity to engage on what does and doesn’t work, and to take ownership of aspects of our culture that you care deeply about

**What we offer**
- A focus on outcomes, not time-tracking
- Social allowances
- Regular company events and all-hands to bring together employees as one team across the world
- A hands-on onboarding program (affectionately labelled “AI-duction”), in which you will be familiarising yourself with our tools and ML pipelines used across the company. This is your opportunity to learn our tech stack, explore the company, and learn how we get things done - all whilst working with other AI and engineering teams from day one
- Unamani is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability or gender identit

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