Optical Sensing & Solutions Research Intern - 2027

NEC Labs • Princeton, NJ

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About The Position

The Optical Sensing and Solutions department is seeking summer 2027 interns to apply cutting-edge AI technologies to real-world problems in optical fiber sensing, multimodal sensing, and data processing and interpretation. The work aims to contribute practical impact to products and solutions for safety and security, public infrastructure monitoring, underwater surveillance, and the power and energy industry. Past projects have included earthquake localization, ocean wave monitoring, LLM application development, and GPU computing. Internships usually last three months, with flexible exact dates.

Requirements

• Currently enrolled in a PhD or MSc program in electrical and computer engineering, computer science, robotics, mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, or a related technical field.
• Expertise in one or more of the following: deep learning, computer vision, generative models, LLMs and foundation models, agents, physical AI, sim2real transfer, acoustics, CUDA programming, solid and fluid mechanics and dynamics, mechanical design optimization, or dynamic structural analysis (FEA).
• Experience contributing to research communities or efforts, including publishing papers in conferences or journals.
• Excellent programming skills in Python or similar languages.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with PyTorch/JAX or LLM frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Apply AI technologies to problems involving optical fiber sensing, multimodal sensing, and data processing and interpretation.
• Contribute to research and potential products and solutions for safety and security, public infrastructure monitoring, underwater surveillance, and the power and energy industry.

Benefits

• Paid company holidays.
• Access to fitness areas and gym facilities.
• Travel and housing allowance, if applicable.
• Team events, including onsite ping pong and monthly tea-time events.
• Basketball courts.
• Complimentary snacks and beverages.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern