Research Scientist Intern, PhD, PyTorch Edge
Job Summary
Job Description
This internship focuses on advancing PyTorch for edge devices. Responsibilities include developing performance techniques for on-device AI, exploring quantization and sparsity, and collaborating on model/software co-design. The intern will work on ExecuTorch, Meta's on-device AI solution, partnering with Reality Labs and Meta's family of apps. The role involves optimizing AI for various hardware (CPU, GPU, NPU, DSP) and contributing to on-device training, feature stores, benchmarking, and model delivery. The internship is 12-16 weeks long, with various start dates throughout the year. Candidates should have experience in ML compilers, sparsity, quantization, or kernel development in constrained environments. Publication experience is preferred.
Must have:
- PhD in CS or related field
- Experience with ML compilers, sparsity, quantization
- On-device, constrained environment experience
- Work authorization in country of employment
Good to have:
- Experience with other AI/ML runtimes
- Performance optimization experience
- Publications at peer-reviewed conferences
- Intent to return to degree program after internship
3 skills required
Job Details
PyTorch is Meta’s deep learning framework for fast, flexible AI/ML experimentation used across industry and backing all of Meta’s ML workloads. More details at https://pytorch.org/
Our team brings PyTorch to edge devices through the use of compilers, an optimized runtime, and leveraging unique mobile hardware (CPU, GPU, NPU, DSP) for inference and training.
Team scope:
Develop ExecuTorch as the PyTorch solution for on-device AI
Partner with Reality Labs to run AI on AR/VR hardware
Partner with Meta family of apps for running AI on iOS and Android
Partner with hardware vendors on high-performance AI kernels
Provide on-device AI training, feature stores, benchmarking, and model delivery
Innovate across productivity, performance, and portability for on-device AI
Our team at Meta AI offers twelve (12) to sixteen (16) weeks long internships and we have various start dates throughout the year. To learn more about our research, visit https://ai.facebook.com.
Research Scientist Intern, PhD, PyTorch Edge Responsibilities
- Develop new or apply existing performance techniques to on-device AI
- Explore quantization, sparsity, and model/software co-design as solutions
- Apply knowledge and research to advance the state-of-the-art in on-device machine learning frameworks
- Collaborate with users and developers of PyTorch and ExecuTorch to enable new use cases inside and outside Meta
Minimum Qualifications
- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, PhD degree in the field of Computer Science or a related STEM field
- Experience in ML compilers, sparsity, quantization, kernel development, or similar as applied to on-device and highly-constrained environments
- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working on other AI/ML optimized runtime stacks
- Research or software engineer experience demonstrated via grants, fellowships, patents, internship, work experience, and/or coding competitions.
- Experience with performance optimization of machine learning models for on-device inference
- Submitted first-authored publications at peer-reviewed conferences (e.g. tinyML, NeurIPS, MLSys, ICML, or similar).
- Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship/co-op
For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click for additional information.
Locations
Data Center
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$7,800/month to $11,293/month + benefits
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