ByteDance
AI Vision Research Engineer- PICO- San Jose
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 3+ years of research experience in ML algorithm or AI accelerator design; 3+ years of experience with programming tools and languages.
- Education
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Develops efficient vision systems for AR/VR products, including ML pipelines and algorithms, AI accelerator mapping and optimization, and hardware/software co-design.
What you'll do
- Develop scene- and behavior-understanding ML algorithms and training/data pipelines for VR/AR vision systems.
- Map ML algorithms to hardware accelerators, identify bottlenecks, and optimize performance and efficiency.
- Evaluate system designs with modeling and FPGA prototyping, and collaborate on cloud-edge workload partitioning and accelerator requirements.
What they ask for
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- 3+ years of research experience in ML algorithms or AI accelerator design.
- 3+ years of experience with programming tools and languages such as C/C++, MATLAB, and Python.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with appropriate ML frameworks.
- Good communication skills and openness to new technologies.
Tools
C/C++, MATLAB, Python, ML frameworks, FPGA
AI focus
Develops ML-based vision and scene/user-behavior understanding for AR/VR, and optimizes ML algorithms for AI accelerators through hardware/software co-design.
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