Research Scientist, Photorealistic, Large-Scale Scene Representations (PhD)

Key Skills

Algorithms, C++, Computer Graphics, Computer Vision (CV), Large Language Models - LLMs, Machine learning techniques, NeurIPS

Job Description

We are looking for an exceptional researcher with a proven track record in using machine learning for solving computer vision and graphics problems (e.g., neural rendering, radiance field reconstruction, novel view synthesis, generative models for images and videos, ML-based scene generation) as well as an outstanding software engineer who can prototype invented algorithms.

Research Scientist, Photorealistic, Large-Scale Scene Representations (PhD) Responsibilities

• Participating in cutting edge research in neural 3D modeling and rendering, computer vision, and graphics
• Developing efficient deep neural network models for 3D content generation and tracking
• Contributing research that can be applied to Meta VR/AR product development

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD and/or postdoctoral assignment in the field of computer vision, computer graphics, machine learning or a related field
• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
• Experience with neural rendering, novel view synthesis, 3D reconstruction, computer graphics. Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration
• Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading conferences (e.g., SIGGRAPH, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML) or journals (e.g., PAMI, IJCV, JMLR, ToG)
• 3+ years experience designing and developing computer vision or machine learning algorithms in C++
• 3+ years of experience with prototyping algorithms in Python
• Experience with neural rendering approaches such as NeRF, Gaussian Splatting, Image-based 3D Reconstruction and Relocalisation
• Experience in 3D computer vision, graphics, and deep learning models for this domain
• Demonstrated software engineer experience via previous internships, work experiences, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub)