Global Internship 2025 (Product Development - MR)

Position: Intern, Yamaha Corporation Japan

Since 1887, when it began producing reed organs, Yamaha Corporation in Japan has grown to become the world’s largest manufacturer of a full line of musical instruments and audio/visual products.  Yamaha has endeavored to produce products and services that satisfy the diverse needs and desires of people worldwide. Its products and services are recognized for superior quality in acoustics, design, technology, craftsmanship, and customer-oriented services. These products and services under the brand name of Yamaha are highly regarded by a large number of professionals, institutions, business people within the related industries, and consumers! Yamaha's corporate objective is reflected in everything that it does, which is to contribute to the enrichment of the quality of lives for people around the world.

Yamaha Corporation, located in Hamamatsu, Japan, offers challenging engineering internships and we are looking for versatile and talented interns to join the Development Groups. These are paid internships and will provide real-life experience at one of the largest and most dynamic musical instruments and professional audio product manufacturers in the world!

Internships are located in Hamamatsu, Japan and the length will be approximately 12 weeks. If applicable, applicants must be eligible to travel abroad under any epidemic border measures. Internships are subject to cancellation due to any business or safety concerns.

Hiring Department / Group

Core Tech Development Dep. / MIRAI Tech Development Group

Project Title

Plan, design, and develop application software for "Mixed Reality (MR)" content

Project Description

Plan, design, and develop an "Mixed Reality (MR)" experience application that combines Yamaha’s binaural spatial audio technology for XR, named "Sound xR Core", with urban and architectural data from areas such as Minato Mirai, Yokohama. As part of the spatial impression and sound expression design, you will develop signal processing modules, such as filters as needed, and integrate them into the MR application.

Required Items:

• Major/Minor/Master
  Minimum GPA of 3.25
• Knowledge
  Fundamental knowledge of acoustics (acoustic theory, architectural acoustics, etc.), audio signal processing, and digital filters.
• Skills
  Unity and C# programming
  Creating digital filters, audio signal processing algorithms, and their programming
• Experiences
  Creating interactive XR (MR/AR/VR) applications using Unity
• Others
  Logical communication skills (presentation, discussion, writing) in English (CEFR B2 level)
  Passport

Desirable Items:

• Major/Minor/Master
  (not specified)
• Knowledge
  Music production using DAWs
• Skills
• Experiences
  Game sound production using Wwise or CRI-ADX
• Others
  Interest in MR/AR/VR and strong motivation for content creation
  Communication skills (eagerness to communicate) in Japanese