Position Overview

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Autodesk Research is dedicated to developing cutting-edge technologies and pioneering new workflows and experiences for our customers across AECO, Design & Manufacturing and Media & Entertainment industries. With a multidisciplinary team comprising scientists, industry practitioners and software creators, we assist customers in reimagining the future of design and make.

This position will help our Research group envision the future of AEC workflows with new AI technologies. These technologies will be leveraged by our customers to improve and augment their current design processes. One exciting approach we are exploring lies at the intersection of latest developments in AI technologies and includes a potential combination of agentic workflows, MCPs, and knowledge graphs.

We are seeking a talented researcher that can help define and prototype domain specific AI agents capable of understanding project context, learning about the ways our customers work, and accomplish a variety of industry specific tasks both autonomously and collaboratively with human users. Prior exposure to projects within the AECO industry would be beneficial. Over the course of the internship, you will work with the guidance of your mentor and the rest of the project team to experiment, validate and implement tangible demonstrations of your research.

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Responsibilities

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· Be an active team member conducting research to investigate the use of knowledge graphs and AI agents for AEC workflows.

· Conduct literature reviews.

· Engage with team members and stakeholders to identify challenges and valuable research opportunities for domain specific ai agents.

· Develop new algorithms and build prototypes to test and explore concepts.

· Explore new prototyping frameworks and technologies.

· Communicate ideas, challenges, solutions, and results effectively within a multidisciplinary team of researchers, software engineers, user experience designers, and industry experts

· Participate in iterative design, testing and development sprints to refine research.

· Present research findings to the team and create reports and / or publish academic paper documenting the results.

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Minimum Qualifications

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· Currently pursuing a Masters or PhD degree in Construction, Civil/Structural Engineering, Architecture, Computer Science, AI/ML or related fields.

· Strong Computer Science fundamentals, with a proficiency in either Python, C#, Javascript.

· Experience with Large Language Models, Knowledge Graphs, and Agentic Frameworks.

· Solid understanding of Construction and AECO workflows. Basic knowledge of Revit, Autodesk Construction Cloud or other construction management platforms.

· Creative, flexible and enjoy working with new technology in a research setting.

· Strong communications skills and teamwork experience.

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Preferred Qualifications

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· Prior experience building AI agents, knowledge graphs, and MCPs.

· Prior industry experience in an AECO organization.

· Very strong technical skills in building rapid software prototypes

· Experience with modern generative AI tools and frameworks (eg. GPT, Claude, etc.)

· Experience with web development frameworks (eg. Three.js, react)

· Experience with programming 3D graphics frameworks and APIs.

· Computational or generative design experience.

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