Research Engineer AI Computer Vision (PhD University Grad)

Facebook AI Research (FAIR) is one of the top industrial research organizations in the world. In the FAIR Computer Vision team, we publish groundbreaking papers and release frameworks / libraries that are widely used in the open-source community. We also collaborate closely with Applied Research and Facebook Reality Labs to bring the latest research findings to production. We are currently seeking talented Research Engineers with experience in Computer Vision and Computer Graphics to join a new large-scale research effort aimed at coalescing multiple teams to make dramatic improvements in the state-of-the-art for Embodied AI and applications in Augmented Reality.The chosen candidate will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, designers, product managers as their cross-functional partner, and will have access to cutting edge technology, resources, and research facilities. To learn more about our research, visit https://research.facebook.com. * Develop highly scalable algorithms based on machine learning and neural network methodologies. * Collaborate with Facebook AI Research (FAIR) scientists to facilitate research that enables learning the semantics of data (images, videos, audio). * Apply knowledge of relevant research domains along with expert coding skills to platform and framework development projects. * Analyze, process, and annotate large datasets for use in the training and evaluation of AI systems for use in both research and production tasks. * Adapt machine learning and neural network algorithms to best exploit modern parallel environments (e.g. distributed clusters, GPUs, TPUs, etc.). * Currently has or in the process of obtaining PhD or BS/MS in computer science or related field and 2+ years of experience in Computer Vision and Artificial Intelligence. * Experience with advanced image synthesis, including rasterization, ray tracing, sampling, physically based shading and image processing * Experience developing machine learning algorithms or machine learning infrastructure in Python or C/C++. * Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment. * PhD degree or professional industry experience in the field of computer vision, computer graphics, machine learning, robotics or similar * Experience bringing and optimizing high quality graphics applications onto mobile platforms * Previous experience working with Unity, including working with 3D assets and external tools (DLLs), developing plug-ins, and programming with C++, C# and/or Python * Publication track record at conferences such as SIGGRAPH, CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, etc. Facebook's mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. Through our family of apps and services, we're building a different kind of company that connects billions of people around the world, gives them ways to share what matters most to them, and helps bring people closer together. Whether we're creating new products or helping a small business expand its reach, people at Facebook are builders at heart. Our global teams are constantly iterating, solving problems, and working together to empower people around the world to build community and connect in meaningful ways. Together, we can help people build stronger communities - we're just getting started.