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Samsung Research America (SRA) · 3 weeks ago

2026 Intern, AI Algorithm NPU Simulation (Spring/Summer)

665 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$44/hr - $63/hr

Start in 2026 Spring

Samsung Research America is focused on innovative SoC architecture for future Galaxy products and is seeking interns to assist in building a programmable neural processing unit (NPU) simulator. Interns will work on AI algorithms related to camera image enhancement and multimodal generative AI, contributing to next-generation AI hardware development.

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Work & Life Balance

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Work with team members to build NPU simulator which mimics the behavior of NPU hardware within a mobile SoC (System on a Chip) at cycle-accurate or bit-accurate level

Work with the algorithm team to cover the use cases including camera, video, diffusion, LLM, VLM, VLA applications

Analyze AI algorithms and create neural network operators to NPU simulator

AI algorithm quantization to reduce model size while maintaining model accuracy

Create scheduling mechanism (compiler) to distribute AI model tasks to NPU hardware or simulator

Simulate AI algorithms on NPU hardware or simulator and identify the bottlenecks of hardware, such as memory bound or compute bound, and make optimal hardware proposal to mitigate the bottlenecks

Communicate the results across related engineering audiences (SW, HW, Architecture, Leadership)

Qualification

C/C++PythonMATLABNPU hardware architectureGitHubPyTorchTensorFlowONNXAI model quantizationImage/video quality metricsEffective communication

Required

Currently pursuing or completed a MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related discipline

Proficient in C/C++, Python and MATLAB programming languages

Hands-on experience with GitHub, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Visual Studio, ONNX libraries

In-depth understanding of camera enhancement algorithms, computational photography, CNN, transformer, diffusion, LLM/VLM, AI model quantization

NPU hardware micro architecture, on-chip memory, DMA, memory compression, SIMD

Extensive experience on implementing prototype code

Strong grasp of memory and computation requirements and image quality expectations of state-of-the-art algorithms

Experience on identifying image/video quality metrics

Effective verbal and written communication skills to work with people across a wide range of disciplines and experience

Benefits

Annual bonus eligibility

Generous benefits to help you live life well

Company

Samsung Research America (SRA)

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Founded in October 1988, Samsung Research America (SRA) builds upon Samsung’s 40-year history in the Bay Area.

Founded in 1988

Mountain View, California, USA

1001-5000 employees

http://www.sra.samsung.com/

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