Facebook

Research Engineer Intern - 4DAI (PhD) (Seattle)

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

Seattle, WA

Job Description

The Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) Team brings together world-class researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of AR and VR. These technologies have the potential for enormous global impact, and our interns work directly towards making this potential a reality. As a Research Engineer Intern, you will help us bring the best of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Vision technology to Facebooks AR/VR's products. Our efforts are to push the bar in three directions: build reliable platforms that scale to thousands of engineers, push state of the art in AI and CV for maximum product impact and build new experiences using AI.

Research Engineer Intern - 4DAI (PhD) (Seattle) Responsibilities

* Perform research to advance the science and technology of intelligent machines

* Perform research for sparse and dense 3D reconstruction as well as object recognition to enable semantic reconstructions and scene understanding from images, and video

* Devise better data-driven depth estimation algorithms

* Devise algorithms for large-scale structure from motion algorithms

* Contribute research that can be applied to Facebook product development

Minimum Qualifications

* Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree in Computer Science or a related field

* Experience in scene reconstruction using 3D geometry approaches and/or machine learning

* Experience in optimization, geometric computer vision, and/or machine learning, and deep learning

* Fluency in C++, Python or other related language

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

Preferred Qualifications

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

* Ability to communicate complex research in a clear, precise, and actionable manner

* A strong interest in theoretical and empirical research and for answering hard questions with research

Locations

About the Facebook company

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.

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Facebook

Menlo Park, CA

Facebook, Inc. provides various products to connect and share through mobile devices, personal computers, and other surfaces worldwide. The company’s products include Facebook that enables people to connect, share, discover, and communicate with each other on mobile devices and personal computers; Instagram, a community for sharing photos, videos, and messages; Messenger, a messaging application for people to connect with friends, family, groups, and businesses across platforms and devices; and WhatsApp, a messaging application for use by people and businesses to communicate in a private way. It also provides Oculus, a hardware, software, and developer ecosystem, which allows people to come together and connect with each other through its Oculus virtual reality products. As of December 31, 2018, it had approximately 1.52 billion daily active users. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.