ByteDance
Student Researcher - (Seed Model - Speech) – 2027 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Internship · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Candidates must be able to establish authorization to work in the United States. The company does not provide sponsorship or immigration-related benefits.
About the job
Conduct research and prototype algorithms, models, and systems for speech foundation models and related multimodal technologies.
What you'll do
- Research speech foundation models and related systems.
- Explore ways to advance speech generation, speech understanding, and multimodal modeling involving speech, language, or vision.
- Design and prototype algorithms, models, or system components, and collaborate on research directions.
What they ask for
- Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
- Strong programming skills and a solid foundation in algorithms and data structures; proficiency in Python or C/C++.
- Demonstrated research track record with publications in conferences related to speech, audio, multimodal learning, or machine learning.
Nice to have
- Experience in speech generation, speech understanding, multimodal modeling, or representation learning.
- Strong problem-solving ability and experience conducting independent research; ability to collaborate effectively in a research environment.
Tools
Python, C/C++
AI focus
Research speech foundation models and develop capabilities in speech generation, speech understanding, and multimodal modeling involving speech, language, or vision.
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