At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we’re on a mission to improve the quality of human life. We’re developing new tools and capabilities to amplify the human experience. To lead this transformative shift in mobility, we’ve built a world-class team in Human-Centered AI, Human Interactive Driving, Automated Driving Advanced Development, Energy and Materials, Large Behavior Models, and Robotics.
This is a Summer 2026 paid 12-week internship opportunity. Please note that this internship will be a hybrid in-office role.
The Team
This internship opportunity falls within the Human Behavior and Carbon Neutrality Department of Human-Centered AI Division (HCAI). We are an integrated team of AI/ML researchers, behavioral scientists, and human-computer interaction researchers. At the core of our research, we aim to understand, simulate, and shape carbon-neutral behaviors and the technology that enables them.
The Internship
We are seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD research intern to join our team and push the envelope on human behavior change through the application of generative AI. The intern will collaborate with our interdisciplinary team of machine learning and behavioral scientists to develop and test novel, human-in-the-loop systems for accelerating and scaling behavior change technologies. The project will focus on a specific scope within this domain, with the goal of directly informing our broader behavior change research program. Additionally, the intern will engage in strategy discussions about how the research connects to business impact at Toyota and have the opportunity to prepare a manuscript for publication at a competitive venue.