RFIC Intern

Number of Position(s): 1

Duration: 10 Weeks

Date: June – August 2026

Location: On-site in Murray Hill, NJ

This summer intern position is within the Opto-Electronic Integration Research Group at Bell Labs, where we are pursuing research into AI-assisted links for performance optimization. The intern project will study AI frameworks that can be applied to circuit design, with an aim to demonstrate feasibility with a hardware prototype.

As a part of our team, you will:

• Explore AI-assisted techniques for optimizing optical and electronic link performance.
• Study AI frameworks applicable to advanced circuit design.
• Develop models and algorithms to evaluate feasibility of AI-driven design approaches.
• Implement and prototype hardware demonstrating key research concepts.

• Document findings and present results to the Opto-Electronic Integration Research Group.

• Must be enrolled in a PhD program in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science .

• Knowledge of analog circuit theory, and IC Design in CMOS or SiGe BiCMOS technologies
• Knowledge of AI/ML Concepts
• Hands-on experience and expertise in one of the above domains
• Programming proficiency in Matlab or Python

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