Studio: Reality Labs
Job Opening: AI Research Scientist – XR People Generation
Location: Sausalito, California, US
Type: Full-Time
Responsibilities:
- Conduct applied research and develop novel, accurate AI algorithms and advanced systems for large-scale applications
- Work on large initiatives or multiple projects of high complexity/scope and define clear long-term objectives with short and medium-term goals
- Collaborate with different cross-functional teams on research and product sides
- Give technical research direction to the team as tech lead
- Mentor other researchers on the team
- Coding %: 70. System Design %: 30
Qualifications & Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical field with 5+ years of experience
- Understanding of state-of-the-art full-body human 3D reconstruction and 3D telepresence
- Led XFN groups across research and product toward meeting experiential and engineering targets
- Track record of delivering research into production, driving algorithmic changes towards on-device optimization
- Experience developing computer vision and machine learning algorithms in C/C++ and/or Python/PyTorch
- First-authored publications at peer-reviewed conferences (e.g. CVPR. ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH)
- Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and diverse points of view to determine a path forward toward bringing state-of-the-art approaches onto real-world devices
- Experience working and communicating cross-functionally in a team environment
- Experience in machine learning infra systems
- Experience with CPU/GPU and mobile optimization
