Industrial Light & Magic · 9 hours ago
Sr Data Scientist
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$155K/yr - $208K/yr
5+ years expIndustrial Light & Magic is seeking a Sr Data Scientist to join a strategic R&D initiative focused on Generative AI. The role involves developing a robust data curation pipeline and ensuring the statistical analysis and evaluation metrics for training data are optimized for next-generation image and video synthesis.
Film ProductionMedia and EntertainmentMotion Capture
Responsibilities
Independently design and implement statistical methods to ensure curated datasets retain representative coverage across various visual attributes, stylistic choices, and subject matter
Develop logic to identify and down-weight low-variance or repetitive data points to maximize training efficiency
Collaborate with key stakeholders on algorithms for de-duplication to automatically eliminate redundant or near-identical assets from the training corpus
Design and lead implementation of automated metrics to assess the quality of generative images and videos
Validate automated quantitative metrics by correlating them against qualitative feedback provided by senior creative stakeholders
Establish success criteria for model fidelity, accuracy, and stylistic consistency
Work closely with the engineering team to integrate data cleaning, normalization, and sampling modules into a scalable automated pipeline
Assist in defining taxonomy and metadata standards to systematically organize unstructured visual assets
Phase 1: defining data taxonomy and establishing baseline automated metrics
Phase 2: refining metrics for temporal consistency and validating against initial model fine-tuning runs
Phase 3: final validation of metrics and delivery of fully curated, optimized datasets for cold storage
Qualification
Required
5+ years experience in related field
Education - Bachelor's degree in Data Science, Computer Science, or a related field of study, and/or equivalent work experience
Proven background in Data Science with a strong emphasis on Computer Vision, Generative AI, or Deep Learning
Proficiency in statistical analysis and dataset curation (distribution analysis, sampling techniques)
Ability to translate complex statistical insights for engineering partners and non-technical creative leads
Preferred
Master's Degree
Experience working with large-scale unstructured media data is a plus
Familiarity with standard and novel metrics for evaluating Generative Models (e.g., FID, FVD, or similar)
Benefits
A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package
Full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits
Company
Industrial Light & Magic
Industrial Light & Magic creates visual effects for the motion picture commercial production and attraction industries. It is a sub-organization of Lucasfilm.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Rob Bredow
SVP, Chief Creative Officer
Patricia Wallace
Director, HR Business Partner
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