Job Description
ACCESS's Summer Internship (Overseas) Programme provides students with opportunities to experience the R&D and related works on cutting-edge innovations of advancing IC design and design automation technologies to complement their academic studies, and for them to pilot a career in advanced technology in Hong Kong after graduation. Working with and learning from top professors, researchers, engineers, and Ph.D. students at ACCESS, interns will be able to gain hands-on experience and deepen their insight into the forefront and state-of-the-art AI technologies after the 8-week program running from June till August.
Responsibilities
Under the program, interns will be assigned duties in support of our research such as literature reviews, project administrative works, preparing data and graphics for project reports, R&D works, business and marketing activities, etc.
Requirements
Applicants should be full-time undergraduate students of overseas universities among the top 50 institutions for STEM-related subjects1 , preferably majoring in electronics, electrical or computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent. He/she is currently holding legal permit to work in Hong Kong. Work location will be at the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park, with occasional business travels to the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST) Clear Water Bay Campus.
Specifically, the following knowledge and skills are preferred:
- Programming skills in any of the following languages: Python, C/C++, Matlab, Verilog, VHDL, System Verilog, etc.
- Knowledge in any of the following areas (s): AI algorithms, digital/analog circuit, VLSI/IC design, EDA tools, compilation/simulation technology, etc.
- Enthusiastic about pursuing a career in advanced technology
- Creative, open-minded, and visionary with a sense of responsibility and good command of written and spoken English
Terms of Appointment
We offer 5-day work and an open, cross-cultural work environment with ample opportunities for research knowledge and information exchanges.
ACCESS is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates.
Application Procedure
Please submit your curriculum vitae to hraccess@ust.hk. The application deadline is 30 April 2026. Only short-listed candidates will be notified. *Please mark "PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL" and quote the position applied for and its reference number in the subject of the email.
1 In the latest publication of any of the following world university ranking tables: (1) Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings, (2) Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), (3) Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings or (4) U.S. News & World Report (USNWR) Best Global Universities Rankings.