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2027 Intern - AI/ML Engineer - Capacity & Performance Engineering, Autonomous Vehicles
General Motors Company · 🇺🇸 Sunnyvale, California, United States of America
Sponsorship verdict
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One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What General Motors Company paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Senior ML Engineer - Embodied AI Offboard Percepti” (Data Scientists) in CA: $230k–$240k, median $235k. Most were filed at wage level III (100%) — 3 lottery entries, ≈46% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. The pay stated here ($9,600 - $11,800 per month) is below what this employer usually pays sponsored hires for this role. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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The US Department of Labor certified 606 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 267 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Job Description Work Arrangement: Hybrid: This internship is categorized as a hybrid. The selected intern is expected to report to the office up to three times per week or as determined by the team. Location: Sunnyvale, California About the Team: The AV / AI Capacity & Performance Engineering team helps provide the right compute, networking, storage, and AI infrastructure to support AI and ML innovation supporting a wide range of use cases across teams such as Embodied AI, Simulation, Data Science, and more. The team builds capacity models, improves cloud efficiency, supports vendor planning, and develops tooling that makes capacity, demand, utilization, reliability, and cost visible to engineering stakeholders. Our Capacity Intelligence system is being developed as the team’s operational interface and single point of truth for capacity intake, cloud spending, budget pacing, quota and queue analysis, egress forecasting, and related capacity insights. It is being expanded to incorporate new cloud providers and provide advanced modeling capabilities. Our tools and systems empower GM to tackle the complexities of autonomous driving technology and expedite our path to commercialization. About the Role: As an intern, you will help develop and optimize our capacity intelligence system with a focus on integrating new capabilities. What You’ll Do: • Develop scalable infrastructure, tools and insights to support Model Training, Simulation, CI Build and Data Generation insights with the capacity intelligence program. • Code deliverables in tandem with the engineering team. • Perform specific responsibilities which vary by team. Required Qualifications: • Currently enrolled in a full-time, degree-seeking program and in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a related technical field. • Experience in systems software or algorithms. • Experience with modern object-oriented programming languages (e.g., Java,C++, Python). Experience coding in Python. • Experience with SQL, BigQuery • Strong communication skills with experience collaborating across cross-functional teams. • Able to work full-time, 40 hours per week. Preferred Qualifications: • Demonstrated software engineer experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions. • Familiarity with AI-assisted engineering tools (e.g., for code generation, model analysis, or experiment planning). • Demonstrated creativity and quick problem-solving capabilities. • Research and/or work experience in machine learning infrastructure. • Experience with distributed systems (e.g., Spark, Ray, Kubernetes, Slurm). • Experience in scheduling algorithms, orchestration or compute. • Intent to return to degree-program after internship. • Graduating between December 2027 and August 2028. Compensation: • The monthly salary range for this role is $9,600 - $11,800 per month. • GM will provide a one-time lump sum taxable stipend payment to eligible students selected for the 2027 Student Program. What You’ll Get from Us (Benefits): • Paid US GM Holidays • GM Family First Vehicle Discount Program • Result-based potential for growth within GM • Intern events to network with company leaders and peers About GM Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all. Why Join Us We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Every day, we want every employee to feel they belong to one General Motors team. Benefits Overview From day one, we're looking out for your well-being–at work and at home–so you can f