Merck · 17 hours ago
2026 Future Talent Program - Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generative AI Research Intern
Cambridge, MA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$40K/yr - $106K/yrMerck is a global healthcare company dedicated to improving health and well-being. They are seeking a Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Generative AI Research Intern to collaborate with a cross-disciplinary team to develop and improve NLP models for research and development applications.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceutical
No H1B
Responsibilities
Contribute to the development, testing, deployment, and refinement of NLP and generative AI models
Work closely with mentors to understand real-world NLP challenges and deliver automated data solutions to address them
Stay updated on the newest approaches in NLP and machine learning, and explore opportunities to incorporate them in our projects
Participate in meetings with stakeholders, presenting your findings, and progress to the team
Qualification
Required
Current Ph.D. student focused on computer science or a related discipline with a strong emphasis on NLP, machine learning, AI or related techniques
Candidate must be able to commit to a full-time onsite position for 10 - 12 weeks starting June 2026
Proficient in Python programming, version control with Git, and standard Python packages like pandas, NumPy, and matplotlib
Experience with at least one machine learning framework (e.g., PyTorch, Tensorflow) and NLP libraries (e.g., Spacy, General Architecture for Text Engineering / GATE)
Familiarity with statistical learning, such as supervised, unsupervised, and weakly supervised learning, meta learning, reinforcement learning, especially in NLP contexts
Familiarity with Large Language Models, such as prompt engineering, post-training, agentic approaches
Experience with cloud and/or high-performance computing environments (e.g., AWS) is a plus
Strong teamwork, communication skills
Benefits
An opportunity to work at the forefront of NLP research and gain hands-on experience.
Opportunities to co-author presentations, reports, and/or public code releases.
A paid internship position, with potential involvement in a scientific publication as a result of research undertaken during the internship.
Company
Merck
Merck is a biopharmaceutical company that offers medicines and vaccines for various diseases.
Founded in 1891
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$5.59MKey Investors
Private Capital AdvisorsGavi, the Vaccine Alliance
2018-11-25Post Ipo Equity· $0.59M
2016-01-21Series Unknown· $5M
1980-12-19IPO
Leadership Team
Betty Larson
Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer
Dean Li
Executive Vice President and President, Merck Research Laboratories
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