ByteDance
AI Vision Research Scientist Intern - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PHD)
San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
About the job
Research and develop an energy-efficient, low-latency vision system for all-day machine perception, spanning sensing, machine-learning algorithms, and hardware/software co-design for AI agents.
What you'll do
- Develop perception systems, training and data pipelines, and machine-learning algorithms for scene and user-behavior understanding.
- Map machine-learning algorithms to hardware accelerators, identify bottlenecks, and optimize performance and efficiency.
- Evaluate system designs and collaborate across functions on cloud-edge workload partitioning and sensor, SoC, and software co-design.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related technical discipline.
- Research experience in computer vision, edge ML perception algorithms, and/or AI accelerator design.
- Experience with C/C++, MATLAB, or Python.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with ML frameworks and model deployment, and with image sensors and ISP.
- Strong publication record at top-tier conferences or journals.
Tools
C/C++, MATLAB, Python
AI focus
Develop efficient vision perception for AI agents, including scene and user-behavior understanding, and optimize ML algorithms for hardware accelerators through hardware/software co-design.
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