Research Engineer - Intern (Video and Edge, Multimedia Lab) - 2027 Start (PhD) - Intern (Video and Edge, Multimedia Lab) - 2027 Start (PhD)
TikTok, San Diego, California
The role
You will take ideas from research through to silicon and production systems, where research decisions show up in the cost and quality of video across ByteDance's products.
What you will do
- Support the research and development of machine learning based video coding and processing technologies.
- Explore encoding and decoding framework optimizations for live-streaming use cases, with attention to latency, efficiency, and quality.
- Prototype and evaluate video encoding and processing algorithms on heterogeneous platforms.
- Conduct research on perceptual quality-oriented video coding and processing algorithms.
- Assist in benchmarking, profiling, debugging, and optimizing codec components and related systems.
- Prepare technical reports, experimental analyses, and interface documentation for encoder/decoder modules.