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 advancing the state of the art in AI, robotics, driving, and material sciences.
This is a paid 12-week internship opportunity and is a hybrid, in-office role.
Here’s a glimpse into the Internship experience from some of our TRI interns!
The Mission
This internship falls within the Harmonious Communities Department in the Human-Centered AI Division (HCAI). Our research aims to understand, simulate, and shape wellbeing in complex, real-world systems, including workplaces, communities, and organizations. We study how wellbeing emerges, is distributed, and changes over time across groups, and how organizational structures, technologies, and policies can support collective outcomes now and into the future.The Team
We are an integrated team of behavioral scientists, machine-learning researchers, and human-computer interaction experts. Our research leverages real-world use cases to push the state-of-the-art in disciplinary thinking.The Internship
- Informal AI adoption and organizational gaps
- Organizational production of emotional labor
- Informal peer learning networks
- Typology of difficult conversations
Scope a research project aligned with Harmonious Communities’ HCI, Conversational AI, and Organizational Behavior research agenda.
Evaluate an existing conversational AI platform and, where gaps are identified, design and prototype alternative or supplementary solutions.
Drive the end-to-end research plan, with regular feedback from your mentor and teammates.
Develop a taxonomy for understanding the factors shaping “difficulty” in workplace conversations.
Present findings in research meetings to the Harmonious Communities Department, the HCAI Division, TRI leadership, and Toyota business group partners.
Produce work that informs internal strategy and is aimed at publication in an academic journal or conference.
Currently enrolled in a PhD degree program.
Track record of implementing research projects from start to finish.
Demonstrated experience with prototype design, as well as mixed-methods research design and analyses.
Familiarity with messy, real-world data, and evidence of critical, creative thinking about how this impacts study design and insights.
Ability to reason across multiple levels of analysis and translate research insights into implications for organizational decision-making.
Desire to work on challenging, open-ended research projects.
Desire to be part of a highly interdisciplinary team and understanding of how this will improve your work.
Demonstrated ability to work autonomously while proactively soliciting feedback.
Interest in wellbeing, organizational behavior, emotional labor, and/or the future of work.
Please add links to Google Scholar, GitHub, etc., and include a full list of publications and presentations when submitting your CV.
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At Toyota Research Institute (TRI), we’re conducting research to amplify human ability, focusing on making our lives safer and more sustainable. Led by Dr. Gill Pratt, TRI’s team of researchers develops technologies to advance AI, robotics, driving, and material sciences. We’re dedicated to building a world of “mobility for all” where everyone, regardless of age or ability, can live in harmony with technology to enjoy a better life. Through innovations in AI, we will: - Develop technology for vehicles and robots to help people enjoy new levels of independence, access, and mobility. - Bring advanced mobility technology to market faster. - Discover new materials that will make batteries and hydrogen fuel cells smaller, lighter, less expensive, and more powerful. Our work is guided by a dedication to safety– seen in how we research, develop, and validate the performance of vehicle technology to benefit society. As a subsidiary of Toyota, TRI is fueled by a diverse and inclusive community of people who carry invaluable leadership, experience, and ideas from industry-leading companies. Over half of our technical team holds PhD degrees. We’re continually searching for the world’s best talent ‒ people who are ready to define the new world of mobility with us! We strive to build a company that helps our people thrive, achieve work-life balance, and bring their best selves to work. At TRI, you will have the opportunity to enjoy the best of both worlds ‒ a fun start-up environment with brilliant people who enjoy solving tough problems and the financial backing to successfully achieve our goals. Come work with TRI if you’re interested in transforming mobility through designing safer cars, enabling the elderly to age in place, or designing alternative fuel sources. Start your impossible with us.
Key team members
Jim Adler
Scott Mueller, Ph.D.
Pablo Paredes, PhD, MBA
Guy Rosman
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