Intelligent Sensing Intern - Low-power Agent Sensing and Computing Systems - Global Frontier Tech Recruitment Program - 2027 Start (PHD)

What you'll do

• Design and prototype sensor or imaging architectures that move computation closer to the sensing front-end.
• Build and characterize end-to-end imaging pipelines, from sensor physics through ISP to perception models.
• Develop or adapt machine vision models for hardware constraints, using foundation-model needs to inform sensing design.

What they ask for

• PhD candidate in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Computer Engineering, AI, or a related discipline.
• Strong foundation in at least one of imaging systems, sensor technology, or machine learning/computer vision.
• Hands-on experience with VLM/LLM, world models, or large-scale vision foundation models, including understanding of data and architectural requirements.
• High-impact publication track record; ability to bridge hardware and algorithms; strong communication and collaboration skills.

Nice to have

• Deep experience across hardware and software/model development.
• Experience with AI-assisted development tools; multidisciplinary project experience and ability to ramp up in unfamiliar domains.

Tools

VLM/LLM, ISP

AI focus

Co-design sensing hardware and algorithms for AI-agent perception, guided by vision-language models, world models, and other vision foundation models.