2025 Canon Insights Summer Internship
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About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc. is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions in the United States, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The parent company, Canon Inc., has a global revenue of approximately $29.4 billion and has ranked in the top-five overall in U.S. patents granted for 38 consecutive years. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility.
Job Description: 2025 Canon Insights Summer Internship
This is a paid summer internship program lasting 10-12 weeks (June-August with flexibility) based in Irvine, CA Headquarters. The internship offers a hybrid work schedule of 3 days in office and 2 days with the option to work from home.
What You’ll Do:
• Gain hands-on work experience on significant projects, developing business skills and contributing to Canon’s business goals.
• Be exposed to world-class teams and business, marketing, and strategy initiatives.
• Develop marketable skills and knowledge.
• Investigate the feasibility of applying scientific principles to potential inventions, products, and problems.
• Create and design models for software solutions.
• Plan and execute applied research in areas such as:
• Computer Vision Applications.
• 3D computer vision, including 3D pose estimation, 3D computer graphics and modeling, including Gaussian Splatting or Neural Radiance Field Models.
• 3D point cloud & mesh generation.
• Real-time vision applications.
• Virtual and Augmented Reality.
• Lighting condition analysis.
• Image and video analysis and understanding.
• Machine learning, including deep learning applications (GANs, Object Detection, Segmentation, NLP).
• Contribute to Canon’s intellectual property portfolio.
• Work with the research team on investigations, software products, and prototypes.
Who You Are:
• Graduate student pursuing a Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong mathematical background and ability to apply it to new problems.
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
Skills & Expertise You Bring:
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong computer skills (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Enrolled in a related major and have some former work or internship experience.
• Working experience in C/C++, Python, and/or Matlab.
• Experience with libraries such as OpenCV, libgphoto, keras/tensorflow, PyTorch, and CUDA.
• Ability to work in a collaborative, fast-moving, multi-cultural environment.
• Agile environment experience desired.
• Experience with software development for imaging devices is a plus.
• Experience working in the VR & AR industry is desired.
