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Oculus VR · 20 hours ago

Research Engineer - Computer Vision and Robotics

Burlingame, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Oculus VR, part of Meta’s Reality Lab Research, is seeking a Research Engineer specializing in Computer Vision and Robotics. This role involves advancing machine perception and robotics through engineering development, algorithm creation, and the integration of cutting-edge technologies into robotic systems.

3D TechnologyArtAugmented RealityConsumer ElectronicsDigital EntertainmentSoftwareVideo GamesVirtual RealityVirtualization

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Plan and execute engineering development to advance the state-of-the-art in machine perception and robotics tasks such as 3D reconstruction, computational imaging, image / video understanding, navigation, dexterous manipulation, whole-body controlling, long-horizon reasoning, etc

Build data collection / generation platforms and develop algorithms based on state-of-the-art machine learning and neural network methodologies

Invent/improve novel data-driven paradigms for robotics intelligence, including AR, VR, machine perceptions and robotics, leveraging a variety of modalities (images, video, text, audio, tactile, etc)

Investigate paradigms that can deliver a spectrum of robotics behaviors - from simulated characters to real robots, and from short-horizon, low-level to long-horizon, high-level intelligence

Define, build and benchmark new technologies needed for the next generation of AI

Qualification

Computer VisionRoboticsDeep LearningC/C++PythonReinforcement Learning3D ReconstructionMotion PlanningROSTeam CommunicationResearch Publication

Required

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

5+ years of experience with any of the following research areas: computer vision, robotics, 3D reconstruction, computational imaging, image / video understanding, motion planning, embodied AI, human-robot interaction, sim-to-real transfer, learning from demonstration, reinforcement learning, dexterous manipulation

5+ years of experience with C/C++ and Python programming

5+ years of experience with deep learning frameworks: pytorch or tensorflow

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

Preferred

Ph.D. or M.S. degree in the following fields: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Robotics or related field

Experience with robotics frameworks like ROS, along with experience working with robotic simulations and real-world robots

Experience with research areas such as vision language models, egocentric perception, LLMs, NLP

Experience with manipulating and analyzing complex, large scale, high-dimensionality data from varying sources

Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading workshops, journals or conferences in Machine Learning (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR), Robotics (ICRA, IROS, RSS, CoRL), Computer Vision (CVPR, ICCV, ECCV)

Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment