2025 Summer Intern, Research Scientist

Lab Summary: Samsung is the world’s largest consumer electronics company and the leading provider for smart phones and smart TVs. Samsung smart TVs connect homes to the Internet, providing a full range of intelligence capabilities such as speech recognition, gesture recognition, advanced video processing and personalized recommendation.

The VD intelligence lab at Samsung Research America is building a next-generation data platform to support Smart TV products and services.  Our research and development include TV analytics, ads targeting, and personalized services.

Position Summary: You will work with a team of research scientists and engineers tackling real-world problems. You will have the opportunity to publish at top-tier conferences in deep learning, computer vision, speech, and language understanding. As a research scientist, you will be involved in very promising team projects with talented people at Samsung. You will benefit a lot by working in a fun and creative environment.

Position Responsibilities:   

• Conduct advanced research for machine learning including natural language understanding and computer vision
• Collaborate with colleagues to apply research results to prototypes and real-world applications
• Quickly prototype new ideas/technologies to create proof of concept and demos
• Contribute to the organization’s strong drive to be on the cutting edge of technology through the generation of patentable ideas
• Summarize research findings in high-quality papers and make submissions to top-tier conferences  

Required Skills: 

• Currently enrolled in a MS or PhD (preferred) program in Computer Science or related discipline (with focus on Machine Learning) or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience
• A strong publication record in top-tier machine learning conferences and journals
• Strong understanding of basic ML foundational concepts and methods
• Experience with Vision Language Model (VLM)  or Large Language Model (LLM) research and development  (including fine tuning and prompt engineering).
• Experience with multi-modal agent, embodied AI research
• Experience with knowledge distillation, model compression, quantization and optimization
• Experience with ML frameworks such as: PyTorch, Tensorflow, Keras, etc
• Experience with deep learning and neural networks
• Self-directed, flexible, goal oriented and strong sense of ownership
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills; experience presenting complex technical information, succinctly, to technical and non-technical audiences 

Our total rewards programs are designed to motivate and engage exceptional talent. The hourly pay rate range for roles at this level is listed below, but may be higher or lower in other states due to geographic differentials in the labor market. Within the hourly pay rate range, individual rates depend on a number of factors—including the role’s function and location as well as the individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, education and training. This is part of our comprehensive compensation package with annual bonus eligibility and generous benefits to help you live life well.Hourly Pay Rate Range$44—$63 USD

Additional Information

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Essential Job Functions

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk, communicate in person and by telephone, and frequently operate standard office equipment, such as telephones and computers.

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