2026 Intern, Memory and Personalization (Fall)

Lab Summary:

Advanced Intelligence Lab at Samsung Research America is working towards a vision of a world-class voice assistant that provides a unified AI experience across multiple devices (Galaxy Smartphones Galaxy Watch & Smart home appliances like TVs Family Hub IoT devices etc.) with deep integration and building AI assisted services intelligent solutions.

We work on applied research innovative products services and experiences to delight our users by promoting new technologies to make best user experience with Bixby on devices to be intuitive faster seamless more powerful and multi-dimensional across different product domains/categories. Our goal is to improve users lifestyles through technology advancement and experience enrichment.

Position Summary:

Bixby is an intelligent personal assistant which is only available as a built-in application on Samsung flagship devices and wearables. This application uses Natural Language Understanding to perform tasks on these devices using voice/ text including but not limited to making phone calls sending text messages setting up meetings opening apps setting alarms and timers getting directions answering general questions providing information about restaurants and other businesses etc.

Samsung Bixby team is seeking talented and self-driven software engineering interns to join our applied research on Long-term memory and personalization solutions. As an intern you will work closely with our team of engineers to develop and maintain software products learn about the latest technologies and industry trends and gain valuable experience in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment and build next generation AI services that influence the evolution of smart assistant solutions across our flagship devices. As an intern on the Memory & Personalization team you will work on next-generation long-term memory systems for Bixby. This includes building and evaluating retrieval pipelines (vector graph) designing contextual reasoning mechanisms and developing scalable personalization infrastructure that operates efficiently under device constraints.

Position Responsibilities:

• Design and prototype hybrid memory retrieval systems combining vector search and structured knowledge graphs
• Develop long-term memory models from user interaction signals
• Build evaluation pipelines for memory relevance personalization accuracy and latency
• Optimize memory systems for low-latency and on-device deployment
• Collaborate with system platform and product teams to integrate memory into assistant workflows

Required Skills:

• Currently pursuing a MS/PhD in Computer Science or equivalent field with knowledge around Long-term memory LLM ML AI
• 2 years of ML engineering experience with building end-to-end systems in production
• Strong hands-on experience with ML systems through research projects internships or production environments
• Experience with retrieval systems (vector databases ranking search)
• Familiarity with graph databases or knowledge graphs
• Experience with large language models and embedding-based retrieval
• Strong Python skills and familiarity with ML frameworks (PyTorch or TensorFlow)

Special Attributes:

• Experience with memory systems or knowledge representation
• Knowledge of GraphQL and modern API patterns
• Experience with recommendation systems or search
• Background in information retrieval or ranking systems
• Knowledge of model optimization and quantization
• Strong knowledge of design patterns and scalable architecture
• Experience with CI / CD platforms like Jenkins Github actions and Circle CI
• Hands on experience with Web applications/services development in a professional environment

Additional Information

Disclosure of Trade Secrets

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Essential Job Functions

This position will be performed in an office setting. The position will require the incumbent to sit and stand at a desk communicate in person and by telephone and frequently operate standard office equipment such as telephones and computers.

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