Oculus VR · 2 weeks ago
AI Research Scientist - Machine Learning for Behavioral AI
Redmond, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$154K/yr - $217K/yr
5+ years expOculus VR, part of Meta’s Reality Labs Research, is seeking an experienced AI Research Scientist to contribute to the development of innovative AI algorithms for behavioral inference. The role involves collaborating with cross-disciplinary teams to create and validate models that enhance human interaction with wearable AI technologies.
3D TechnologyArtAugmented RealityConsumer ElectronicsDigital EntertainmentSoftwareVideo GamesVirtual RealityVirtualization
Responsibilities
Using data from wearable devices, employ state-of-the-art AI algorithms to infer human behavior patterns that inform attention, cognition or emotion. Examples include longitudinal gaze behaviors, gestures, or vocal cues
Develop data collection strategies, benchmarks, and metrics to validate and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of these models
Collaborate with researchers and engineers across diverse disciplines through all stages of project development to identify gaps, build solutions, and transfer technology
Contribute to research that can eventually be applied to Meta products and services and run on billions of media items every day
Create tools, infrastructure, and documentation to accelerate research
Perform code reviews that improve software engineering quality
Learn constantly, dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies, and embrace the ambiguity of Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality problem solving
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
PhD degree in Computer Science, Human-Computer Interaction, or related field plus 2+ years of experience
Proven track record of solving complex challenges with multimodal ML as demonstrated through grants, fellowships, patents, or publications at conferences like CVPR, NeurIPS, CHI, or equivalent
3+ years of experience with Python
Experience with a common machine learning framework like PyTorch
Experience with ML computer vision
Experience with multimodal sensing platforms, data collection, multimodal signal processing and analysis, and converting raw sensor streams into robust models solving complex tasks
Preferred
Experience with C++
Experience with biosignals, behavioral signals, or egocentric data from wearable sensors
First or lead author publications in computer vision, machine learning or computer graphics peer-reviewed conferences (e.g. CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, CHI, NeurIPS, ICLR, etc.)
Experience with Large Language Models
Experience with non-ML computer vision, especially with OpenCV
Experience with Multimodal Deep Learning approaches and research
Experience working in Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality
PhD degree in Computer Science or related field plus 3+ years experience
Experience with 3D engines such as Unreal or Unity
Experience developing software in a research environment
Benefits
Bonus
Equity
Benefits
Company
Oculus VR
The Oculus team at Facebook lets people experience anything, anywhere, with anyone through world-class VR hardware and software.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$98.39MKey Investors
TIPS Program
2025-09-03Grant
2019-08-13Equity Crowdfunding· $2.44M
2014-03-25Acquired
Leadership Team
Michael Howard
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