ByteDance
AI Vision Research Engineer Graduate (Pico) - 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- Research experience in ML algorithms or AI accelerator design; no number of years stated.
- Education
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Develop AI-powered vision and machine-perception systems for PICO AR/XR products, optimizing algorithms and hardware-software performance for low power and latency.
What you'll do
- Develop ML algorithms and data pipelines for scene and user-behavior understanding.
- Map and optimize ML algorithms for hardware accelerators; identify bottlenecks and propose HW/SW co-design and cloud-edge workload partitioning.
- Evaluate system models and FPGA prototypes, and collect real-world data on AR/XR hardware.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Research experience in ML algorithms or AI accelerator design.
- Experience with C/C++, MATLAB, and Python.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with appropriate ML frameworks.
- Good communication skills and enthusiasm for new technologies.
Tools
C/C++, MATLAB, Python, FPGA
AI focus
Develop scene- and user-behavior understanding, imaging and multimodal features, and efficient AI/ML algorithms for AR/XR; optimize algorithms for accelerators using AI-assisted and agentic engineering workflows.
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