About Us:

Astera is a foundation on a mission to help lead humanity’s transition to a scientifically advanced, abundant future.

Obelisk is the AGI research lab at Astera. Obelisk is a team of researchers who are pursuing an exploratory, neuroscience-informed approach to engineering AGI.

Astera enables the Obelisk team to focus on basic research and take a long-term view. Obelisk is unconstrained by the need to secure funding, garner profit, or publish results. The team also has access to significant computational resources.You can read more about Obelisk here.

Position Summary:

We are seeking an intern to contribute to our machine learning research. This role will involve literature review, experiment design, coding in JAX, training and debugging models. The internship will last 2-4 months, depending on your availability. The start date is flexible.

Qualifications:

An ideal candidate is a student who has demonstrated coding ability and research in one of the following areas:

Reinforcement learning generally.
Planning / search.
RL environment design.
Machine learning systems (performance optimization).

Location:

This role is in person in Emeryville, California. Team members may work remotely up to 2 days per week on a regular basis, and as needed for special circumstances.

We are willing and able to sponsor visas if needed.

Compensation:

The successful candidate will receive a competitive compensation package, commensurate with their experience.

Interview and hiring process:

At each stage we may advance or reject you. We may not be able to respond if you don't make it past the application review, but beyond that we will of course tell you if you've advanced or not.

You apply.
Application review.
Fit call: 1 hour call to answer your questions and talk about your relevant experience.
Live coding exercise.
Reference checks.
Offer.

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