Hybrid Human-Centered AI Intern, Behavioral Science

at Tri-global Solutions Group Inc.

• Job title: Human-Centered AI Intern, Behavioral Science
• Job type: Internship
• Experience level: Entry level
• Salary: $40 - $65 per hour
• Degree requirement: Postgraduate Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Los Altos, United States

About the role

• Behavioral Science intern at Toyota Research Institute focusing on research-driven well-being frameworks. Collaborating with interdisciplinary team on real-world behavioral projects to improve organizational decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Scope a research project to align with our Harmonious Communities Behavioral Science efforts.
• Examine how collective wellbeing relates to individual-level wellbeing, including issues of aggregation, inequality, and shared context.
• Be the primary driver of the technical plan (e.g., study design, analysis plan) with regular feedback from your mentor and teammates.
• Implement and complete the project using TRI resources.
• Present the project's approach and findings in research meetings to the Harmonious Communities Department, the HCAI Division, and TRI, as well as to partners from Toyota business groups.
• Our goal is that you end the summer with work that informs internal strategy and may be publishable in an academic journal or conference.

Requirements

• Enrolled in a PhD degree program.
• Track record of implementing research projects from start to finish.
• Experience with or strong interest in longitudinal, multilevel, or time-series modeling (e.g., growth models, mixed-effects models, panel data, or related approaches).
• Ability to reason across multiple levels of analysis and translate research insights into implications for organizational decision-making.
• Interest in theory development or integrative modeling.
• Comfort working with imperfect, real-world data and balancing rigor with practical constraints.
• Desire to work on challenging, open-ended research projects.
• Desire to be part of a highly interdisciplinary team, and an understanding of how this will improve your work.
• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously while soliciting feedback
• Interested in the topic space of wellbeing, organizational behavior, and behavior change.

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• paid time off benefits (including holiday pay and sick time)