Google 2026 Research Scientist PhD Intern

Research happens at Google everyday, on many different embedded teams throughout the company. Our research reaches the user through both services and products such as Search, Maps, Google Assistant, Google Translate, Google Cloud, and our computing, storage, and networking infrastructure. To achieve this, we’re working on projects that utilize the latest technologies that push the boundaries of what is possible.

Responsibilities

• Participate in research to develop solutions for real-world, large-scale problems.
• Research, conceive, and develop software applications to extend and improve on Google's product offering.
• Contribute to a wide variety of projects utilizing natural language processing, artificial intelligence, data compression, machine learning, and search technologies.

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• About Google
• Google Research Scientist PhD Intern
• Requirements for Google Research Scientist PhD Intern Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Google Research Scientist PhD Intern

Requirements for Google Research Scientist PhD Intern Qualification

• Currently enrolled in a PhD degree in Computer Science or a related technical field in the EMEA region, and in your penultimate/final year of education.
• Experience in one or more Research areas: NLU/Processing, Computer Vision, LLMs, AI Architecture, Audio Processing, Spatial/Temporal Modeling, Machine Learning, Algorithmic Foundations of Optimization, Data Mining, Machine Intelligence (Artificial Intelligence), AI/ML Algorithms, Deep Learning or Image Processing, Multimodal, Multilingual and Reinforcement Learning.
• Experience with research from previous internships, full-time industry experience, personal projects, lab work, or published papers.
• Experience in one or more general purpose programming languages: Java, C++, Python, or Go.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience as a researcher, including internships, full-time, or at a lab.
• Experience contributing to research communities or efforts, including publishing papers in conferences or journals.
• Experience with one or more general purpose programming languages (e.g., C/C++, MATLAB, PAX/JAX, etc.).
• Ability to complete a 13-17 week full-time internship in the internship location starting in either May, June or July 2026.
• Ability to design and execute on research agendas.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

For more information, kindly visit Google internship webpage.