CareerPlan

R&D PhD Summer Intern: Imaging Technologies

MASON BUS AND INNOVATION CTR, USInternship2026-10-06 → 2026-11-09
Hybrid · United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Design, prototype, and test imaging hardware and capture workflows to improve image quality and quantitative assessment for product evaluation.

Role type

PhD student intern, imaging technologies R&D

Builds

Imaging hardware prototypes and validated capture workflows

Domain

Consumer packaged goods, imaging science, computer vision

Required skills

Python, MATLAB, experimental research, hardware prototyping, image analysis, scientific computing

Preferred skills

Optics, camera systems, automated positioning, deep learning (PyTorch/TensorFlow), computer vision algorithms

Technologies

Python, MATLAB, PyTorch, TensorFlow

Responsibilities

Design and prototype imaging hardware and supporting software; Integrate and evaluate components impacting image capture; Develop and apply image-processing and image-analysis methods; Design and conduct experiments to evaluate image quality; Analyze images and experimental data using scientific computing tools; Document system designs, experimental methods, and results; Communicate findings to multidisciplinary partners

Seniority

Intern, PhD candidate