Intern - Generative AI model personalization and efficient fine-tuning

## Company: Qualcomm Korea YH ## Job Area: Interns Group, Interns Group > Interim Engineering Intern - SW ## Qualcomm Overview: Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in. General Summary: We are making AI technology be around us at edge devices, attend and assist people and learn from interaction without many labels, together with other devices in a federated way. We are based in Seoul and work together with our other team members in San Diego, Amsterdam, and Beijing. We are looking for research interns interested in developing new theories and algorithms in the following areas, with a strong focus on Generative AI Models and its personalization: * Generative foundation models: LLM, LVM, LMM, VLA, etc. * Personalization and on-device adaptation of generative models * Efficient fine-tuning techniques (LoRA, adapters, parameter-efficient tuning) * Multi-modal generation (text-to-image, text-to-video, audio-visual) * Diffusion / transformer models and their optimization * Knowledge distillation and compression for generative models * Quantization and low-bit processing for LLM/LMM * Reinforcement Learning for Generative AI (RLHF, policy optimization, reward modeling) * Unsupervised / semi-supervised / self-supervised learning * Meta-Learning / few-shot learning / domain adaptation / knowledge transfer The developed technologies can be deployed on mobile device applications and have a worldwide impact on on-device learning algorithms using Qualcomm chips. Also, the research results are expected to be published in top-tier conferences and journals. Minimum Qualifications * Currently pursuing a Ph.D. or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field. * Strong knowledge of machine learning and deep learning * Research experience in Generative AI (LLM, LVM, LMM, VLA) and/or personalization techniques * Experience implementing ML algorithms using Python and deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow) * Strong research and problem-solving skills demonstrated through publications or research projects. * Publication requirement: * At least 2 first-author papers, including at least 1 paper in a top-tier conference (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICCV, ICLR, ECCV, ACL) Preferred Qualifications * Extensive and diverse experience with generative AI models, including LLMs, LVMs, LMMs, and multi-modal architectures * Familiarity with efficient adaptation techniques such as LoRA, adapters, and other parameter-efficient fine-tuning methods * Hands-on experience with model optimization for edge deployment, including quantization, pruning, and low-bit inference/training * Track record of publications at leading AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICCV, ICLR, ECCV, ACL) Applicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail myhr.support@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law. To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications. If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.