Epic Games

Machine Learning Intern

Rolling deadline

Internship

Data & AI

Pay TBC

Year groups

Not specified

Deadline

Rolling deadline

Field

Data & AI

Sector

Technology

Year groups

PhD / Postgraduate Research

Duration

5-12 months initially (depending on your

Key facts

Updated: 28 Sep 2026

Overview

Visa sponsorship or support is unavailable for this role Publishing: Research by Epic interns is regularly published in top-tier conferences This role is open to multiple locations across North America and Europe (including CA, NYC, & WA).
This internship has a flexible start date in 2026/2027.

What you'll do

Epic Games is looking for current PhD students and recent PhD graduates (within 12 months of graduation) for paid research internships, working on state-of-the-art machine learning across our ecosystem.
AI is reshaping the games industry, and Epic Research - led by Lucia Specia and Michael Black - is at the center of that shift.
In this role, you will Work with our team of research scientists and engineers at the intersection of vision, language, speech processing, embodied agents.

Eligibility

An ongoing or recently completed (within the last 12 months) PhD in Computer Science, Mathematics, AI or a related field A record of publication in top conferences/journals Experience implementing deep learning algorithms for problems in computer vision, natural language processing, or speech/audio processing Hands-on knowledge of state-of-the-art ML methods, such as Transformers, diffusion models.

Structure & format

Duration: 5-12 months initially (depending on your location), with flexible start-dates throughout 2026/2027.
Hours: Full-time (40 hours/week) or part-time (20 hours/week).

Funding structure

New York City Base Pay Range $139,029—$166,834 USD California Base Pay Range $122,345—$146,814 USD Washington Base Pay Range $111,223—$133,468 USD.

Application timeline