Yamaha Global Internship

Product Development Division

OutlineApplication Closed for 2021 Summer

Term	Approx. 10-12 weeks, June - September 2021, or January - March 2022
Division	Product Development Divisions, Musical Instruments and Audio Products Business Unit
Location	Hamamatsu, Japan (only 90 minutes from Tokyo/Osaka)
Application	Please submit a cover sheet which clearly designates your target project, along with your résumé/CV and additional materials to back-up your skills & experiences required by each project.
Condition	Paid internship
Benefits	Travel and commutation expense, housing with bed, washer, kitchenet & wifi, stipend for meal, Japanese visa assistance and language lessons available
Process	Documentary screening followed by Skype interview
Due date	March 20th, 2021 (first-come first-serve policy)

Fields

Development of Software Synthesizers using VST 3 Audio Plug-in SDK

Digital Musical Instruments Development Department
Process & Objective

Investigation and design of Synth algorithm with VST plug-in SDK, to materialize new tone generator for future products
SKILLS
Required: Digital Audio Signal Processing, C/C++, Electric/Electronic Circuitry, Electro-Acoustics, Basic knowledge in software synthsizer

Desirable: DSP coding in C language (low level programming), ability to play musical instruments, knowledge/experience in music production using DAW
Development of Digital Mixer FX using VST Plug-in SDK

MX Development Department
Process & Objective

Investigation and design of FX algorithm with VST plug-in SDK, to materialize new FX modules for future products
SKILLS
Required: Digital Audio Signal Processing, C/C++, Electric/Electronic Circuitry, Electro-Acoustics, Basic knowledge in professional audio equipment

Desirable: DSP coding in C language (low level programming), Knowledge/Experience in audio DSP programming, by using existing framework such as MatLab, iOS, VST SDK by Steinberg, Audio Mixing Experience
Development of Cloud Service for Administrating Network Products

CC Development Department
Process & Objective

New feature development in Yamaha Network Organizer, in order to gain insights in quality control and its process in Japanese manufacturing
SKILLS
Required: Scripting language in Linux (Python, PHP), Cloud Service System (AWS), Basic Knowledge in Network Administration and Protocols

Desirable: Eagerness to adapt to Japanese business culture

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Research & Development Division

Outline (2021 season) Application Closed for 2021

Term	Approximately three months, Spring to Autumn 2021
Division	Research & Development Division
Location	(1)On-site Program: Hamamatsu, Japan (only 90 minutes from Tokyo/Osaka) (2)Online Program: at your place via Internet
Application	Send a message via this contact form, with your desired field and a list of your research interests, with the subject “Internship”
Condition	Paid internship
Benefits	Stipend. For on-site program, we also provide you with: - Visa application support - Transportation cost support - Furnished accommodation
Process	Application submission followed by an online interview
Due date	30 April, 2021
Notes	*Term and Location are flexible, depending on changing national/international regulations against COVID-19.

Fields

Singing synthesizers and/or tone generators
Research and development of technologies for singing synthesizers and/or tone generators that generate emotive sound comparable to that of professional musicians. DNN-based technology has a potential to create expressive music by new way that is different from conventional way. You will be a part of a team tasked with creating a DNN-based singing and tone generator system.
SKILL
Required: Expertise in programming (C/C++, Python), machine learning, and signal processing

Strongly welcomed: Expertise in mathematics for machine learning, and experiences with musical instrument performance or singing
Multi-point room optimizer prototyping for studio monitors
Acoustically optimized listening room is important environment for music creation. In general, the transfer function only descrtibes the one-by-one sound propagation between a loudspeaker and an ear. However, an actual listening situation consists of many-to-many sound propagations, how to consider among multi-points? The potential method can be considered by utilizing the spatial covariance. "QRD-RLS Adaptive Filter" is well-known and fast adaptive filter algorithm and it strongly relates to the covariance matrix. You will be a part of a team tasked with developing the room optimizer system by statistical signal processing.
SKILL
Required: Expertise in programming (C/C++, Python), statistical signal processing

Strongly welcomed: Background in mathematics for machine learning

Welcomed: Experience with music production
Multimodal interactive machine musician
Research and development of interactive generation of musical performance (audio/midi/motion) for creating a multimodal and interactive machine musician that understands and responds to human musicians in a real-time musical performance. You will be part of a team in human-computer interaction for music, tasked with creating interactive systems for musical performances.
SKILL
Required: Expertise in programming (C/C++, Python) and machine learning (e.g. deep learning)

Strongly welcomed: Background in mathematics for machine learning, signal processing, music informatics, computer vision, AR/xR and/or human-computer interaction

Welcomed: Experience with musical performance and/or production