ML Research Engineer Intern: Core Tech (On-Device AI)

Nex; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 78,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Flexible hours and vacation policy

Product-driven culture

Hands-on experience with cutting-edge技

Job summary

Nex is seeking a Software Engineer Intern (ML Research, Core Technology) in Hong Kong for summer 2027. You will explore machine learning methods to enhance Nex Playground’s perception and interaction capabilities, working on computer vision, audio, sensor fusion, or related sensing problems.

You’ll collaborate with ML researchers and software engineers to create datasets, run experiments, and develop prototypes under real-world constraints, with mentorship and a meaningful research project

Qualifications

• Must be currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at an accredited college or university.
• Strong interest in machine learning and enthusiasm for learning new methods and tools.
• Solid mathematical fundamentals and comfort with quantitative reasoning.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Programming experience in any language.
• A curious, systematic approach to learning through experimentation.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience with Python or familiarity with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or another ML framework.
• Interested in computer vision, audio processing, sensor fusion, or multimodal learning.
• Interested in model optimization, on-device inference, GPUs, NPUs, or resource-constrained devices.
• Data curation workflows, or dataset quality analysis.
• Enthusiastic about games, interactive physical experiences, and helping people be active and healthy.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evaluate ML models and algorithms for computational perception and interaction.
• Design rigorous experiments, improve datasets, compare approaches, and understand failure modes.
• Build training and evaluation tools, and optimize promising models for real-time, on-device inference.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to prototype technologies on Nex Playground and communicate your findings.

Skills

Programming experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Curiosity & learning approach

Quantitative reasoning

Team collaboration

Education

Undergraduate or graduate degree student

Tools

Python

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Nex is seeking a Software Engineer Intern (ML Research, Core Technology) in Hong Kong for summer 2027. You will explore machine learning methods to enhance Nex Playground’s perception and interaction capabilities, working on computer vision, audio, sensor fusion, or related sensing problems.

You’ll collaborate with ML researchers and software engineers to create datasets, run experiments, and develop prototypes under real-world constraints, with mentorship and a meaningful research project