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ByteDance · 2 weeks ago

AI Vision Research Engineer- Graduate- Pico 2026 Start- (PHD)

positionSan Jose, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityNew Grad, Entry Level
money$119K/yr - $259K/yr

ByteDance is a leading technology company focused on inspiring creativity and enriching life. They are seeking a Graduate AI Vision Research Engineer for their PICO VR/AR platform to innovate and develop advanced machine perception systems and collaborate on cutting-edge AI solutions.

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Responsibilities

Innovate and develop a power-efficient, low-latency, highly-intelligent machine perception vision system in a VR/AR product
Develop necessary training, data collection/generation pipeline along with state of art ML algorithm/framework for understanding of the scene and user behaviors
Map the ML algorithm to the HW accelerator, identify performance bottleneck, optimize performance and efficiency, propose more efficient HW/SW co-design for AI accelerator
Collaborate with the x-functions team and translate system requirements into a proper cloud-edge workload partition and edge ML accelerator HW/SW requirement
Perform quantitative evaluations through the use of system modeling, FPGA prototyping for validating ideas and architecture options

Qualification

Machine LearningAI Accelerator DesignC/C++ ProgrammingPythonMATLABML FrameworksEnthusiasm for TechnologyCommunicationOpen-mindedness

Required

PhD in the fields of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics and related technical discipline
Experience in research experience in the fields of ML algorithm or AI accelerator design
Experience with programming tools and languages such as C/C++, MATLAB, Python

Preferred

Familiar with appropriate ML frameworks
Good communication skills, open minded and enthusiastic about new technologies

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance
401(k) savings plan with company match
Paid parental leave
Short-term and long-term disability coverage
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
10 paid holidays per year
10 paid sick days per year
17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure)

Company

ByteDance

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ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
dateFounded in 2012
location
Beijing, Beijing, CHN
people-size10001+ employees
web-link
http://bytedance.com

H1B Sponsorship

ByteDance has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
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2024 (1123)
2023 (775)
2022 (487)
2021 (417)
2020 (245)

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage
Total Funding
$9.8B
Key Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
2024-07-25Secondary Market
2023-03-14Secondary Market· $100M

Leadership Team

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Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
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Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
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