Research Scientist Intern (PhD)

MOIA

JOIN US AS A WORKING STUDENT COMPLIANCE ENGINEERING (ALL GENDERS) IN OUR CLOUD & PLATFORM ENGINEERING TEAM AND HELP SHAPE THE FUTURE OF AUTONOMOUS MOBILITY! Join us as a Working Student Compliance Engineering (all genders) in our Application Security team and help shape the future of autonomous mobility! Our Application Security Team is a group of cybersecurity experts providing shared security services for MOIA's autonomous driving operations. Sitting within the Cloud System Development Department, we safeguard the systems that power the next generation of urban mobility. We work at the exciting intersection of cutting-edge technology, regulatory compliance, and artificial intelligence — ensuring that as our autonomous vehicles move forward, they do so securely and in full compliance with evolving legal frameworks. This is a unique opportunity to pioneer the emerging field of Compliance / Legal Engineering — where law meets code. As autonomous driving technology accelerates, so does the complexity of the regulatory landscape surrounding it. We're looking for a curious, motivated working student who wants to build the bridge between legal compliance and technical automation. Whether you come from a legal background with a passion for technology, or a technical background with a fascination for law and standards, you'll find  meaningful work here that shapes how an entire industry approaches compliance. WHAT YOU WILL DO * Design and deploy agentic AI workflows to automate compliance processes for autonomous driving operations (e.g., via AWS Bedrock AgentCore). * Implement automation solutions that translate complex regulatory requirements (e.g., EU AI Act, NIS2, CRA, GDPR, etc.) into enforceable technical controls. * Work hands-on with compliance automation platforms (e.g., Vanta) and cloud security posture management tools (e.g., Wiz) to monitor and maintain our compliance posture. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams — including security engineers, data scientists, autonomous driving safety experts, legal counsel, risk management, and audit functions — to identify and address compliance gaps. * Research and map applicable legal frameworks and international standards (e.g., ISO 27001, ISO 21434, SOTIF, type-approval regulations, etc.) to our technical infrastructure. * Contribute to the development of internal tooling and CI/CD pipelines that embed compliance checks directly into software delivery processes (e.g., via MCP servers). * Support the creation of documentation, reports, and dashboards that communicate compliance status to both technical and non-technical stakeholders. * Explore emerging approaches to regulatory technology (RegTech) and propose innovative solutions to keep MOIA ahead of evolving requirements. WHAT WILL HELP YOU TO FULFILL YOUR ROLE  * You are currently enrolled in a full-time Bachelor's or Master's program. * To support your personal development and for you to take ownership of projects and processes, you should be enrolled for at least one year. * You communicate with clarity and confidence in English (C1 CEFR level) comfortable engaging with diverse stakeholders in a fast-paced environment (must have requirement) * You bring a genuine interdisciplinary mindset: if you're from a legal background, you have a strong hands-on interest in AI, coding, and technology implementation (actual code, not just theory or AI laws); if you're from a technical background, you have a real curiosity about law, regulation, and standards in autonomous driving * You are proficient in at least one programming or data manipulation language or have a demonstrated willingness and ability to learn quickly * You have foundational knowledge of — or eagerness to develop skills in — cloud computing (primarily AWS) and/or cybersecurity principles * You understand (or want to learn) CI/CD concepts and modern software development practices * You are self-driven, organized, and able to manage your time effectively in a remote-first setting Bonus points if you bring: * Experience (including internships or academic projects) in autonomous driving, automotive, software development, cloud computing, or compliance * Familiarity with regulations such as the EU AI Act, NIS2 Directive, Cyber Resilience Act (CRA), GDPR, or similar * Exposure to international standards like ISO 27001, ISO 9001, ISO 21434, frameworks from NIST and ENISA, or regulatory environments outside of Germany * Project management skills or experience coordinating work with multiple stakeholders We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds — even if you don’t meet every requirement. If you’re excited about the role and MOIA’s mission, we’d love to hear from you! JOIN OUR STUDENT COMMUNITY Are you curious, motivated, and eager to learn? So are we! Our student community is made up of around 30 passionate individuals based in Hamburg and Berlin. We come together every quarter to exchange ideas, share exciting projects from our daily work, and simply enjoy each other’s company—whether it’s a deep dive or a relaxed coffee chat. As a student or intern at MOIA, you’ll take on meaningful, high-impact projects that contribute directly to our mission. You’ll collaborate closely with your team, who will support you in setting goals, offer mentorship, and help you grow both professionally and personally. Want to see what it’s like? Check out our blog post for a behind-the-scenes look. Please note: While our general benefits are listed below, we offer a tailored set of benefits for student and internship positions. You can find the specific overview here. We can’t wait to welcome you into our community! OUR BENEFITS IN A NUTSHELL * Competitive salary (including bonus)   * Hybrid work setup: Work from home or one of our offices - you and your team decide how often to meet, blending flexibility with collaboration!  * Flexible working hours and the possibility of flexible work arrangements depending on your needs (parenting, care work, volunteering, etc.)  * Budget and monthly expense allowance for home office setup  * Possibility of remote work from outside Germany for up to 6 weeks per year from over 35 countries - learn more in our blog! * Public transport ticket (fully subsidized "Deutschlandticket") for commuting and travelling throughout Germany and discount on MOIA rides * Subsidized fitness club membership or bike leasing  * Learning environment with continuous learning days, job rotation, trainings and workshops, coaching, conferences, books, and language classes  * Mental health support, 1:1 sessions with external professionals and mental unload workshops  * 30 vacation days, sabbatical and unpaid leave option  * Relocation support with service provider (visa, administration, etc.)  * Dog-friendly offices For student & internship positions, we have an adjusted set of benefits. You can find them here.  BE WHO YOU ARE! We are a member of Charta der Vielfalt and are dedicated to actively fostering a workplace that celebrates and promotes diversity in various aspects such as age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or cognitive ability, and ethnicity. At MOIA, we embrace a culture where people are accepted, respected, valued, appreciated, and included. In our commitment to promoting diversity and inclusivity, we regularly provide unconscious bias training to all our employees. Furthermore, we continuously strive to enhance our hiring process by ensuring a diverse hiring panel. HOW WE WORK At MOIA, our teams are typically distributed across our office locations and collaborate in a hybrid setup. We work together both remotely and on site, choosing the mode of collaboration that fits the context, the work at hand, and each team’s rhythm. Spending time together in our offices is an important part of how we stay connected, build trust, and solve complex problems. At the same time, we value flexibility and give teams and individuals autonomy to shape their ways of working, with everyone having the freedom to organise their routines in a way that aligns with their work and their team’s needs. If you’d like to learn more about how we work, visit our blog for insights into our culture and hiring process, or follow us on Instagram for a look behind the scenes at MOIA. WHO WE ARE At MOIA we’re reimagining the future of mobility – safe, autonomous and tailored to the needs of cities and their people. As a tech company with more than 400 employees, we build mobility solutions that truly move cities forward. We launched our ridepooling service in Hamburg in 2019 and have been part of the city’s public transport system since 2023. Since launch, we have transported over 12 million passengers. Currently, MOIA is evolving from a mobility provider to a tech provider offering a scalable and safe turnkey solution for autonomous driving.  With office locations in Berlin and Hamburg, our diverse and international team comprising more than 60 nationalities works together toward that shared mission.  MOIA is more than a technology provider – we are a partner to cities and public transport operators committed to creating more livable spaces and delivering mobility solutions that are reliable, safe and comfortable. YOUR APPLICATION TO MOIA We value authenticity and personal insights in your application responses. While AI tools can be useful, we encourage you to answer the following questions based on your own experiences and understanding. This helps us keep a human touch and better evaluate your unique perspective and match for the role. To reinforce an unbiased screening process, we kindly ask you not to include your picture, age, address, or any other details unrelated to your qualifications and suitability for the role. Additionally, we anonymize applications during the initial review phase by removing personally identifiable information. This ensures that our evaluation focuses solely on your skills, experience, and potential – supporting a fair and inclusive hiring experience for all candidates.

Mirelo

Mirelo AI is building the next generation of creative tools by generating realistic sound, speech and music from video. We develop cutting-edge foundational generative AI models that "unmute" silent video content and create custom, hyper-realistic audio for gaming, video platforms, and creators. Our technology empowers global storytellers to transform their content. We recently closed a $41 million Seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures with participation from Atlantic, and are rapidly expanding across Product, Engineering, Go-to-Market, and Growth. About the Role At Mirelo, you’ll work at the centre of how we build the next generation of multimodal video-to-audio models. This role is deeply hands-on and research-heavy: with a great H100/200-per-engineer ratio you explore and build new multimodal models and push the boundaries of what’s possible in music, sound, and speech generation. You’ll collaborate closely across research and engineering, run focused ablations, and translate experimental results into clear next steps for the team. From data curation to deployment, you’ll help shape the full lifecycle of the models that power our products and partnerships. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Design, implement and train large-scale multimodal generative models for audio generation (diffusion and/or autoregressive models). * Explore new modeling ideas for audio generation (music, sound, speech) while taking inspiration from the language and image domains. * Develop and experiment with post-training for new capabilities (fine-grained control, in/out-painting, editing, …) * Conduct rigorous ablation studies, get actionable insights and communicate results to the team to discuss new research directions. * Contribute hands-on to all stages of model development including data curation, experimentation, evaluation, and deployment. IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE * Hands-on experience in training large-scale generative models in a fast-paced research environment. * Deep understanding of cutting-edge methods and ML research in at least one of the domains: image, language, video or audio (specific audio experience not necessary, but nice to have). * Strong proficiency in PyTorch, transformer architectures, and the full ecosystem of modern deep learning. * Solid understanding of distributed training techniques—FSDP, low precision training, model parallelism * Strong track-record in working on generative models (publications in top-tier venues, open-source contributions or applied ML projects). NICE TO HAVE * Proficiency with profiling, debugging, and optimizing single and multi-GPU operations using tools like Nsight or stack trace viewers. * Strong software engineering skills/experience in collaborating on large codebases that go beyond PhD research code. * Experience with generative models for audio (sound, music or speech) and audio codec design. WHY JOIN? * Join at a pivotal moment. We've secured fresh funding and are gaining traction - now is when your contributions can make a real difference to our success. * True ownership from day one. You'll have genuine autonomy and responsibility. Your ideas and work will directly shape our product and company direction. * Competitive compensation and equity. We offer strong packages that ensure you share in the success you help create. * Build for the next generation of creators. Be part of the innovation that will transform how creators work and thrive. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religion or belief, age, or sexual orientation and identity.

Mirelo

Mirelo AI is building the next generation of creative tools by generating realistic sound, speech and music from video. We develop cutting-edge foundational generative AI models that "unmute" silent video content and create custom, hyper-realistic audio for gaming, video platforms, and creators. Our technology empowers global storytellers to transform their content. We recently closed a $41 million Seed round co-led by Andreessen Horowitz and Index Ventures with participation from Atlantic, and are rapidly expanding across Product, Engineering, Go-to-Market, and Growth. About the Role At Mirelo, we’re pushing the limits of what generative audio can do, and our ability to innovate depends heavily on the quality of our underlying audio representations. In this role, you’ll work at the core of our modeling stack - designing, training, and evaluating neural audio codecs that directly shape the performance of our next-generation music and sound models. You’ll collaborate closely with the model team, experiment with both continuous and discrete representations, and build the evaluation tools that help us understand what actually moves the needle. Your work will sit at the foundation of building the best-sounding generative models in the world. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Develop and implement new neural audio codecs for sound, music and speech that push the state-of-the art in sound quality and are optimized for the the use case of generative models. * Think about the specific challenges that arise when the codec is primarily used as a latent representation in the context of generative audio models (in the end, the ultimate goal is to build the best audio generative models) * Explore the trade-offs of continuous (as typically used for diffusion models) vs. discrete audio representations (as typically used for autoregressive models). * Develop benchmarking pipelines for codec evaluation * Conduct initial experiments with generative models to verify that a new candidate codec is actually useful for our downstream tasks. IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE * Strong background in deep learning for audio: neural codecs, source separation, speech models, or generative audio systems * Specific hands-on experience in designing and training neural audio codecs * Solid understanding of audio signal processing fundamentals * Strong track record (research and/or open-source) in the field of audio ML NICE TO HAVE * Hands-on experience with generative audio models and good intuition of how the choice of the codec influences the training and performance of the generative model * Strong publication record (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, Interspeech, ICASSP, WASPAA) WHY JOIN? * Join at a pivotal moment. We've secured fresh funding and are gaining traction - now is when your contributions can make a real difference to our success. * True ownership from day one. You'll have genuine autonomy and responsibility. Your ideas and work will directly shape our product and company direction. * Competitive compensation and equity. We offer strong packages that ensure you share in the success you help create. * Build for the next generation of creators. Be part of the innovation that will transform how creators work and thrive. We welcome applications from all individuals, regardless of ethnic origin, gender, disability, religion or belief, age, or sexual orientation and identity.