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ByteDance · 18 hours ago

3D Vision Algorithm Engineer Graduate (Hand Tracking) - 2026 Start (PHD)

positionSan Jose, CA
timeFull-time
remoteOnsite
seniorityNew Grad, Entry Level
money$137K/yr - $259K/yr

ByteDance is a company dedicated to inspiring creativity and enriching life through innovative products. They are seeking a 3D Vision Algorithm Engineer Graduate to design and optimize visual algorithms for 3D hand tracking in XR devices, contributing to the company's AI technology development.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for the design, development, and optimization of visual algorithms related to 3D hand tracking to meet the hand control requirements of XR devices
Optimize the performance of the hand recognition algorithm in dynamic environments, reducing the impact of lighting and background interference on recognition results
Optimize the real-time inference performance of the algorithm on mobile XR headsets to achieve millimeter-level tracking accuracy
R&D of micro hand tracking&gesture recognition algorithms
Promote patent layout and publication of papers in top-tier conferences (CVPR/ICCV/SIGGRAPH, etc.) to enhance the team's technological influence

Qualification

3D hand trackingPyTorchQNN deploymentTensorRT optimizationGesture tracking researchInnovative ideasTeamworkOngoing learning

Required

Final year Ph.D or recent Ph.D graduates in Computer Science, engineering or quantitative field
Familiar with the technical principles, advantages, and disadvantages of commercial solutions such as ARKit Hand Tracking and Quest Hand Tracking
Proficient in the PyTorch framework and QNN deployment ecosystem, with practical experience in TensorRT edge-side optimization

Preferred

Have experience in developing the core algorithm for HandTracking in XR products
Published papers related to gesture tracking in top conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, etc

Benefits

Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
A 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

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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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