ByteDance · 11 hours ago
Camera and Computer Vision Development Intern (PICO) - 2026 Start (PhD)
San Jose, CA
Internship
Onsite
Intern
$55/hr - $55/hr
Start in 2026ByteDance is a technology company operating a range of content platforms. They are looking for creative and passionate optical engineer interns to join their optics system team, where you will work with top-notch engineers and scientists to explore and define the frontier of technology for the future of AR/VR.
ContentData MiningFoundational AIInternetSocial Media
Responsibilities
Explore groundbreaking hardware and software technologies to significantly enhance AI perception capabilities
Conduct image acquisition, analysis, and algorithm development
Develop and train machine vision models
Qualification
Required
Currently pursuing a PhD degree in Computer Science, Optical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field (or equivalent experience)
Strong programming skills with experience in computer vision
Excellent communication skills; highly self-driven with strong teamwork abilities
Preferred
Hardware development experiences in cameras, lidars, imaging technologies and systems
Research experience in the following areas: Machine Vision, Image Quality Analysis, Visual Optics, or VLM (Vision-Language Models)/LLM (Large Language Models)
Benefits
Day one access to health insurance
Life insurance
Wellbeing benefits
10 paid holidays per year
Paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year)
Housing allowance
Company
ByteDance
ByteDance is a technology company that develops content creation platforms and services.
Founded in 2012
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$9.8BKey Investors
Capital TodayG42Tiger Global Management
2025-11-20Secondary Market· $300M
2024-07-25Secondary Market
2023-03-14Secondary Market· $100M
Leadership Team
Jochen Bischoff
Head of Global Business Solutions - Africa
Matty Lin
General Manager, Global Business Solutions, KR
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