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Meta · 18 hours ago

Research Scientist Intern, Imaging Experiences Architecture (PhD)

United States

Internship

Remote

Intern

$7,313/mo - $12,134/mo

Meta's Reality Labs is seeking Research Scientist interns to join their Imaging Experiences Architecture team. The role aims to advance understanding of computational display and graphics to optimize the design of augmented and virtual reality systems, allowing interns to work with pioneering researchers and contribute to product architectures and algorithms.

Computer Software

Comp. & Benefits

Responsibilities

Design and implementation of models exploring aspects of visual perception to empower novel display modes, like virtual and augmented reality

Identification of solution space for opportunities to improve display graphics/rendering

Collaboration with and support of other researchers across various disciplines (human factors, optics, graphics, display)

Communication of research agenda, progress, and results over the course of the intern project

Qualification

PhD in relevant fieldProgramming in C#/PythonDeep learningDisplay graphics pipelineVisual perception expertiseSoftware engineering experienceCollaboration skillsCommunication skills

Required

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD degree in Computer Science, Vision Science, Electrical Engineering, or relevant technical field

Programming in C#, Unity, Python, MATLAB, or similar

Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred

Familiarity with display hardware, display calibration, eye tracking, EMG, GPUs/Graphics APIs

Understanding of the display rendering graphics pipeline

Familiarity with modern deep learning frameworks (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow)

Experience with visual perception, knowledge of optics, signal processing, mathematical modeling and/or simulation expertise with respect to visual perception and/or systems design

Ability to design and perform psychophysical experiments

Demonstrated software engineering experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions or scientific publications

Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, Transactions on Image Processing, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, Journal of Vision, ICIP, etc

Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment

Intent to return to degree program after the completion of the internship/co-op