Research Scientist Intern, Machine Learning, Character Animation (PhD)

Meta - Sausalito, CA

Full-time - Intern

Sausalito, CA

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About the position

The Research Scientist Intern in Machine Learning, Character Animation at Meta's Reality Labs focuses on developing innovative tools for character creation and animation in augmented and virtual reality. This internship involves working on cutting-edge research topics such as character animation synthesis, reinforcement learning, and human motion analysis, contributing to the future of immersive experiences.

Responsibilities

• Prototyping, building, and analysis of novel research ideas
• Design and execution of algorithms and/or conduct and analysis of experiments
• Collaboration with and support of other researchers across various disciplines
• Communication of research agenda, progress and results

Requirements

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD in Computer Graphics, Character Animation, Robotics, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, or related fields
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
• Experience and familiar with technical character animation (joint hierarchies, skinning, motion models, inverse kinematics, numerical optimizations etc.)
• 2+ years of experience with any of Python/pytorch, C/C++, C#/Unity
• Interpersonal skills: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration

Nice-to-haves

• Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship
• 2+ years experience with character animation and/or physical simulation
• Experiences in at least one of the following areas: human motion synthesis, editing, and retargeting, reinforcement learning, self-supervised learning, computer vision, 2D generative modeling, physics simulator, developing in game engines and/or 3D software such as Unity, Unreal, Maya, Blender, conducting perception studies or user studies, building VR applications
• Proven track record of achieving results as demonstrated in accepted papers at top animation, graphics, interaction and perception related journals and conferences such as SIGGRAPH/Asia/TOG, SCA, Eurographics, TVCG, TAP/SAP, CHI, UIST, IEEE VR, MIG, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, ICRA, IROS, ICLR etc.

Benefits

• $7,500/month to $11,333/month
• Health insurance
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities