Research Research Scientist-AI & Algorithmic Innovations Intern: 2026 Warrington, GB

IBM Research takes responsibility for technology and its role in society. Working in IBM Research means you'll join a team who invent what's next in computing, always choosing the big, urgent and mind bending work that endures and shapes generations. Our passion for discovery, and excitement for defining the future of tech, is what builds our strong culture around solving problems for clients and seeing the real world impact that you can make. IBM's product and technology landscape includes Research, Software, and Infrastructure. Entering this domain positions you at the heart of IBM, where growth and innovation thrive.

IBM Research Europe (UK) seeks exceptional MSc and PhD students for its 2026 summer internship program. Our team pioneers advanced Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to accelerate scientific discovery, and the next generation of generative AI.

Responsibilities

As an intern, you will collaborate with leading researchers on algorithmic breakthroughs and AI-driven solutions, including:

• Designing novel AI architectures and training algorithms to improve the efficiency, robustness, and scalability of generative models across multi modal tasks.
• Creating and testing single and multi agent systems, introducing new optimization and learning strategies that redefine state of the art performance.
• Investigating innovative techniques in model alignment, adaptive learning, and resource efficient training for real world impact.
• Advancing foundation models for urgent global sustainability challenges.

You will help define research challenges, prototype and evaluate solutions, design experiments, and share findings through patent applications and publications in top tier venues.

To Apply

• One page cover letter highlighting relevant experience, especially in AI, algorithmic innovation and the research themes described above.

Required Education

• Master's Degree

Preferred Education

• Master's Degree

Required Technical & Professional Expertise

• Enrolment in a Master's or PhD program in computer science, mathematics, statistics, or a related field.
• Demonstrated ability to tackle analytical problems with rigorous, quantitative approaches.
• Experience developing, training, and evaluating deep neural networks.

Preferred Technical & Professional Experience

• Expertise with ML frameworks such as PyTorch.
• Research or practical experience with generative models (e.g., large language models, multi modal foundation models).
• Background in algorithm design or optimization techniques (e.g., novel training objectives, efficient inference strategies).
• Record of clear research communication, evidenced by publications or presentations at premier AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, EMNLP, CVPR).

IBM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religions, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

Job Details

• Job Title: Research Scientist-AI & Algorithmic Innovations Intern: 2026
• Job ID: 60324
• Location: Warrington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
• Work arrangement: Hybrid
• Area of work: Research
• Employment type: Intern (Fixed Term)
• Position type: Internship
• Travel: No Travel
• Company: (8660) IBM United Kingdom Limited
• Shift: General (daytime)