# ML Researcher – Intern and Full-time at Tilde Research - Company: [Tilde Research](https://tilderesearch.com) - Location: Palo Alto, CA - Type: Internship · Internship - Posted: 2026-03-06 - Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/tilderesearch/e850d5b0-a5d6-4b9c-9898-f7addb441508/application - Page: https://newgrad.ai/jobs/ml-researcher-intern-and-full-time-e61e91ef ## Summary by newgrad.ai What you'll do: - Develop techniques to understand how large AI models function and improve them - Design and optimize novel model architectures through prototyping - Investigate model behavior and component functionality to drive improvements - Curate datasets to elicit specific behaviors or capabilities in models - Collaborate on papers, blog posts, and open-source tools What they're looking for: - Deep learning or related research experience - Deep technical expertise in ML subfields like architecture, optimizers, RL, or learning dynamics - Experience with large-scale pre/post-training infrastructure for experimentation - Strong publication record or thoughtful technical blog posts - Clear verbal and written communication skills - Ability to generate and evaluate research ideas ## Posting Tilde Research is a moonshot AI lab advancing mechanistic interpretability, new architectures, and pretraining science. We build foundational understanding of models to advance the frontier of intelligence. ### About the role As a ML Researcher, you will develop innovative techniques to deeply understand how large AI models work—and use those insights to make them better. You'll work on training, analyzing, and evaluating cutting-edge models, collaborating closely with a team of researchers and engineers to advance interpretability as a tool for improving performance and control. ### What you might work on - Designing, prototyping, and optimizing novel model architectures - Investigating why models or specific components behave the way they do—and how to improve them - Curating targeted datasets to elicit and instill specific behaviors or capabilities in models - Collaborating on papers, blog posts, and open-source tools to share insights with the broader community ### You're a good fit if you - Have experience in deep learning or related research areas - Have deep technical expertise in some subfield(s) of modern ML, e.g. architecture, optimizers, RL, learning dynamics, etc.. This can include through: - Strong publication record - Thoughtful technical blog posts - Have experience working with large-scale pre/post-training infrastructure for experimentation - Communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing - Can come up with and evaluate research ideas - Are able to learn quickly From Tilde Research's public posting, laid out for reading by newgrad.ai with the wording unchanged. Check the original before you apply. --- More new-grad and intern roles: https://newgrad.ai/llms.txt