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OPPO US Research Center

OPPO US Research Center

Develops wireless technologies and products

AI Engineer

Full-Time
$100k - $200k/yr

+ Bonus + Long-term incentives

Junior, Mid
Master's
Palo Alto, CA, USA
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About the job

Requirements
  • A Master's degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, or a related field, or a Bachelor's degree with at least 2 years of industry experience in related areas.
  • Hands-on experience with large language model APIs and modern foundation models.
  • A solid understanding of model trade-offs across quality, latency, scalability, and cost efficiency in real-world AI applications.
  • A strong understanding of prompt engineering, context engineering, AI agent architectures, memory and context management, and tool-calling workflows.
  • The ability to independently perform AI system evaluation, debugging, tuning, and optimization.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and optimize AI applications based on large language models and multimodal foundation models, considering model quality, latency, and cost trade-offs.
  • Design and improve prompt engineering and context engineering workflows, including AI evaluation, debugging, and tuning for real-world product scenarios.
  • Build and improve AI agent systems with memory management, context management, and tool usage capabilities for production AI applications.
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience building and deploying AI agent systems, including tool-use agents, workflow automation agents, and multimodal AI applications in production environments.
  • Familiarity with modern AI frameworks and ecosystems such as LangChain, OpenAI API, Anthropic API, Gemini API, vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, and agent orchestration frameworks.
  • Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to rapidly prototype, iterate, and collaborate across research, engineering, and product teams in a fast-paced AI development environment.

About the company

OPPO US Research Center

OPPO US Research Center

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OPPO US Research Center develops wireless technologies and products in Silicon Valley by uniting R&D, product design, business development, and patent analysis. Its process turns ideas into prototypes through integrated research, prototyping, design, and patent assessment to create wireless devices and components. What sets it apart is an in-house toolkit that covers technical development, design, market strategy, and IP analysis within a Silicon Valley environment that rewards invention. Its goal is to bring wireless technologies to market by executing end-to-end development, design, and business strategies that turn inventions into usable devices.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2014

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What believers are saying

  • The center posted multiple 2026 openings for NLP, AI, and test engineering roles.
  • Researcher pages show 2026 ICML, TMC, and ToN acceptances, signaling credible output.
  • Jobs explicitly target AI Glass and earphone platforms, showing near-term product pull.

What critics are saying

  • Apple sued Oppo in August 2025 over alleged Watch trade-secret theft tied to InnoPeak.
  • A 2026 contractor posting seeks litigation support for a federal trade-secrets case.
  • July 2026 reports said Oppo planned U.S. R&D closures for OnePlus and Realme cost cuts.

What makes OPPO US Research Center unique

  • OPPO US Research Center, InnoPeak Technology, builds smartphone, XR, and AI hardware research in Silicon Valley.
  • Its XR team focuses on 3D computer vision and graphics for mixed-reality products.
  • Researchers published 2026 work on device-cloud LLMs and multimodal federated learning.

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