You must be pursuing a Master's, have video codec and hardware design knowledge, ASIC/FPGA experience, SystemVerilog proficiency, and good C/Python skills. Strong collaboration is essential.

You will collaborate on architecture discussions, design RTL/HLS for video IP, verify with DV teams, create SystemVerilog/UVM test benches, and analyze functional coverage to develop test cases.

Software Engineering

Engineering

United States

San Jose

Large

ByteDance is a global incubator of platforms at the cutting edge of commerce, content, entertainment and enterprise services - over 2.5bn people interact with ByteDance products including TikTok.

Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible. 

Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day. At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve. We are committed to building a safe, healthy and positive online environment for all our users.

Technology

ByteDance

Responsibilities
 
Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.
 
Why Join Us
 Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.
 Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day.
 To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
 At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve.
 Join us.
 
Our team designs and optimizes the next-generation end-to-end video system (for video production, processing, delivery, and consumption) to improve the quality of experience (QoE) for our billions of users. We are looking for strong video algorithm engineers from all areas of video understanding, video processing, video coding, video streaming, and video quality assessment, etc., who have a dedication to technical excellence and a passion to build large-scale and high-performing video platforms and services.
 
We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2025. As an intern, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities. Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with Bytedance.
 
Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following start dates below:
 
Monday, May 12
 Monday, May 19
 Tuesday May 27 (Memorial Day May 26)
 Monday, June 9
 Monday, June 23
 
We will prioritize candidates who are able to commit to these start dates. Please state your availability clearly in your resume.
 
Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to Bytedance and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.
 
Responsibilities:Description: 
1. Collaborate in high level architecture discussion, perform feasibility analysis on algorithms, create microarchitecture specification, and define interfaces for video IP.
 2. Perform RTL/HLS design to implement microarchitecture to meet functional, power, performance, and area target.
 3. Work with DV team to ensure timely and successful verification closure.
 4. Use SystemVerilog/UVM to create test benches, run simulation and debug issues across hardware and Software.
 5. Build functional coverage model, analyze coverage, and create test cases to target coverage hole.
 
Qualifications
 
Minimum Qualifications
 1. Pursuing a Master's degree
 2. Strong knowledge in video codec spec, hardware codec design.
 3. A good understanding of hardware performance power/area/timing/complexity tradeoffs.
 4. Experience in front-end ASIC/FPG design methodology.
 5. Experience in Systemverilog, UVM, SystemVerilog assertions.
 6. Good understanding of VCS simulator tool flow.
 7. Familiar with C/Python.
 8. Strong collaboration skills.
 
ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At Bytedance, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.
 
ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2
 
Job Information
 
【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern
 
The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60.
 
Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year).
 
The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.
 
For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates: 
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
 
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
 
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and
 
3. Exercising sound judgment.

Responsibilities

Founded in 2012, ByteDance's mission is to inspire creativity and enrich life. With a suite of more than a dozen products, including TikTok as well as platforms specific to the China market, including Toutiao, Douyin, and Xigua, ByteDance has made it easier and more fun for people to connect with, consume, and create content.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of ByteDance's purpose. Our products are built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make our innovations possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and enrich life - a mission we aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how ambiguous, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At ByteDance, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the users we serve.
Join us.

Our team designs and optimizes the next-generation end-to-end video system (for video production, processing, delivery, and consumption) to improve the quality of experience (QoE) for our billions of users. We are looking for strong video algorithm engineers from all areas of video understanding, video processing, video coding, video streaming, and video quality assessment, etc., who have a dedication to technical excellence and a passion to build large-scale and high-performing video platforms and services.

We are looking for talented individuals to join our team in 2025. As an intern, you will get unparalleled opportunities for you to kickstart your career, pursue bold ideas and explore limitless growth opportunities. Co-create a future driven by your inspiration with Bytedance.

Successful candidates must be able to commit to one of the following start dates below:

Monday, May 12
Monday, May 19
Tuesday May 27 (Memorial Day May 26)
Monday, June 9
Monday, June 23

We will prioritize candidates who are able to commit to these start dates. Please state your availability clearly in your resume.

Candidates can apply to a maximum of two positions and will be considered for jobs in the order you apply. The application limit is applicable to Bytedance and its affiliates' jobs globally. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis - we encourage you to apply early.

Responsibilities:Description:
1. Collaborate in high level architecture discussion, perform feasibility analysis on algorithms, create microarchitecture specification, and define interfaces for video IP.
2. Perform RTL/HLS design to implement microarchitecture to meet functional, power, performance, and area target.
3. Work with DV team to ensure timely and successful verification closure.
4. Use SystemVerilog/UVM to create test benches, run simulation and debug issues across hardware and Software.
5. Build functional coverage model, analyze coverage, and create test cases to target coverage hole.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
1. Pursuing a Master's degree
2. Strong knowledge in video codec spec, hardware codec design.
3. A good understanding of hardware performance power/area/timing/complexity tradeoffs.
4. Experience in front-end ASIC/FPG design methodology.
5. Experience in Systemverilog, UVM, SystemVerilog assertions.
6. Good understanding of VCS simulator tool flow.
7. Familiar with C/Python.
8. Strong collaboration skills.

ByteDance is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At Bytedance, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

ByteDance Inc. is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2

Job Information

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern

The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:

1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;

2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and

3. Exercising sound judgment.

Video HW Design Intern (Multimedia Lab) - 2025 Summer (MS)

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