J-1 Visa Advanced Practice Provider Jobs
Advanced Practice Provider positions in the United States are accessible to international healthcare professionals through the J-1 Trainee or Research Scholar program categories, depending on your experience level and role structure. Securing J-1 sponsorship requires a U.S. Department of State-designated sponsor organization to issue your DS-2019 before you can begin working with your host employer.
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Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. Improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways.
Transform the everyday with us!
In this position you will work onsite in our Berkeley, CA office.
This is a fixed-term summer internship running approximately May through September. Candidates must be actively enrolled in a university program for the full duration of the internship and must be available to work a minimum of three full months.
We are pioneering the next generation of embodied AI, integrating multimodal foundation models, robot learning architectures, and real-world deployment to solve manipulation, planning, and simulation challenges in industrial applications.
Required Qualifications
- PhD or MS student in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or a closely related discipline from an accredited university
- Experience with Physical AI, including vision-language models (VLMs), vision-language-action (VLA) models, and world models for embodied perception, planning, and control
- Experience implementing and debugging algorithms on real robot hardware or high-fidelity simulators, especially NVIDIA Isaac Sim
- Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of C++
- Familiarity with ROS / ROS2 development environments
- Proficient in English both written and verbal
- Must reside in the US and be legally authorized to work in the United States for the duration of the internship
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with sim-to-real transfer, domain randomization, or policy adaptation across simulation and real-world robots
- Hands-on experience in robotics data collection, curation, and dataset management for learning-based systems
- Familiarity with egocentric perception or learning methods (e.g., first-person vision, action-conditioned representations, sequential decision making from ego-centric data)
- Experience training or fine-tuning large-scale models using real-world robotic datasets
About Siemens:
We are a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to sustainable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose adding real value for customers. Learn more about Siemens here.
Our Commitment to Equity and Inclusion in our Diverse Global Workforce:
We value your unique identity and perspective. We are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society, while ensuring that we attract the best talent based on qualifications, skills, and experiences. We welcome you to bring your authentic self and transform the everyday with us.
$44-$54
Advanced Robotics and AI Internship
Here at Siemens, we take pride in enabling sustainable progress through technology. We do this through empowering customers by combining the real and digital worlds. Improving how we live, work, and move today and for the next generation! We know that the only way a business thrives is if our people are thriving. That’s why we always put our people first. Our global, diverse team would be happy to support you and challenge you to grow in new ways.
Transform the everyday with us!
In this position you will work onsite in our Berkeley, CA office.
This is a fixed-term summer internship running approximately May through September. Candidates must be actively enrolled in a university program for the full duration of the internship and must be available to work a minimum of three full months.
We are pioneering the next generation of embodied AI, integrating multimodal foundation models, robot learning architectures, and real-world deployment to solve manipulation, planning, and simulation challenges in industrial applications.
Required Qualifications
- PhD or MS student in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics, or a closely related discipline from an accredited university
- Experience with Physical AI, including vision-language models (VLMs), vision-language-action (VLA) models, and world models for embodied perception, planning, and control
- Experience implementing and debugging algorithms on real robot hardware or high-fidelity simulators, especially NVIDIA Isaac Sim
- Proficiency in Python and working knowledge of C++
- Familiarity with ROS / ROS2 development environments
- Proficient in English both written and verbal
- Must reside in the US and be legally authorized to work in the United States for the duration of the internship
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with sim-to-real transfer, domain randomization, or policy adaptation across simulation and real-world robots
- Hands-on experience in robotics data collection, curation, and dataset management for learning-based systems
- Familiarity with egocentric perception or learning methods (e.g., first-person vision, action-conditioned representations, sequential decision making from ego-centric data)
- Experience training or fine-tuning large-scale models using real-world robotic datasets
About Siemens:
We are a global technology company focused on industry, infrastructure, transport, and healthcare. From more resource-efficient factories, resilient supply chains, and smarter buildings and grids, to sustainable transportation as well as advanced healthcare, we create technology with purpose adding real value for customers. Learn more about Siemens here.
Our Commitment to Equity and Inclusion in our Diverse Global Workforce:
We value your unique identity and perspective. We are fully committed to providing equitable opportunities and building a workplace that reflects the diversity of society, while ensuring that we attract the best talent based on qualifications, skills, and experiences. We welcome you to bring your authentic self and transform the everyday with us.
$44-$54
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding J-1 Visa Sponsorship in Advanced Practice Provider
Verify your credentials meet U.S. clinical standards
Your NP, PA, or CRNA credentials must be evaluated against U.S. state licensure requirements before a host employer can confirm your role qualifies. Request a credential evaluation from a NACES-recognized agency and identify which state boards accept foreign-trained APPs.
Distinguish Trainee from Research Scholar program eligibility
If you're within five years of completing your graduate clinical training, the J-1 Trainee category applies. If your APP role centers on structured research within a clinical setting, Research Scholar is the correct category. The DS-2019 category affects your entire program structure and duration.
Search for host employers using Migrate Mate
Use Migrate Mate to identify U.S. healthcare employers actively hosting international APP professionals. Filtering by J-1-aligned roles saves time compared to cold-applying to systems that lack the infrastructure to coordinate with a designated sponsor organization.
Confirm the host employer will coordinate with a designated sponsor
Your employer is the host, not the visa sponsor. Before accepting an offer, ask whether the facility has an existing relationship with a State Department-designated sponsor such as ECFMG or Cultural Vistas, or whether they'll engage one on your behalf to issue the DS-2019.
Build a training plan that satisfies DOL program requirements
The J-1 Trainee program requires a detailed training plan documenting your learning objectives, supervision structure, and clinical rotation schedule. Work with your host employer early to draft this, since the designated sponsor reviews and countersigns the plan before issuing your DS-2019.
Check whether your home country triggers the two-year requirement
APPs from countries with exchange visitor skills lists, or whose training is government-funded, are subject to the two-year home residency requirement before changing to most other U.S. visa statuses. Review the State Department's skills list and your J-1 visa stamp to confirm whether a waiver will be needed.
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Find Advanced Practice Provider JobsAdvanced Practice Provider J-1 Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Which J-1 program category applies to Advanced Practice Provider roles?
Most international APP professionals enter under the J-1 Trainee category if they're within five years of completing their graduate clinical program and the role is structured around supervised training. The Research Scholar category applies when the position is embedded in a formal clinical research program. The Physician category is specific to medical residency and fellowship graduates and does not cover NP, PA, or CRNA roles.
Who actually sponsors a J-1 visa for an APP position - the hospital or a separate organization?
The hospital or clinic where you'll work is your host employer, not your visa sponsor. Your J-1 sponsor is a U.S. Department of State-designated organization, such as Cultural Vistas or ECFMG, that issues your DS-2019 certificate and monitors your program compliance. The host employer coordinates with the designated sponsor but cannot issue the DS-2019 directly. This two-party structure is unique to the J-1 and differs from employer-sponsored visas like the H-1B.
Does the two-year home residency requirement affect APP professionals on a J-1 visa?
It can. If your home country appears on the State Department's exchange visitor skills list for your occupation, or if your training was funded by your home government or a U.S. government agency, you'll face a two-year home residency requirement before you can change to H-1B or green card status. Check the skills list before accepting an offer and discuss waiver options with an immigration attorney if the requirement applies.
How do I find U.S. employers that are set up to host J-1 APP professionals?
Most hospitals and health systems can host J-1 exchange visitors, but not all have existing relationships with a designated sponsor organization or internal HR processes for managing DS-2019 coordination. Use Migrate Mate to search for APP roles at employers already familiar with J-1 program requirements, which reduces the back-and-forth of educating a hiring team about the sponsor structure from scratch.
How long can I work in the United States as a J-1 APP, and can the program be extended?
The J-1 Trainee program allows a maximum of 18 months, or up to 36 months for training in agriculture, hospitality, or related fields. Research Scholar appointments can run up to three years with possible extensions. Extensions require your designated sponsor to issue an updated DS-2019 before your current program end date, and your host employer must justify the continued training objectives in writing.
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