Job Description

The Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) Research Team brings together a world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of AR and VR, which together will become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today. FRL is seeking a Research Scientist to join the Computational Photography team, a research organization focused on advancing computational photography and image understanding technology that let us enhance image and video, track and augment faces, bodies, and the 3D world, and capture and share the 3D world with high fidelity. Individuals in this role are expected to be recognized experts in identified research areas such as Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, AR, VR, and Computational Photography.

Research Scientist, Computational Photography (PhD) Responsibilities

* Lead research to advance the science and technology in Computer Vision, Graphics, Machine Learning, AR, VR, and Computational Photography.

* Work towards long-term ambitious research goals, while identifying intermediate milestones.

* Influence progress of relevant research communities by producing publications.

* Contribute research and demos that are relevant to Facebooks mission.

* Lead and collaborate on research projects within a globally based team.

Minimum Qualifications

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

* Proven track record of achieving results, demonstrated by co-authored publications at high-impact peer-reviewed computer vision, computer graphics, or machine learning conferences or journals (e.g. CVPR, SIGGRAPH, ICCV, ECCV).

* 3+ years of experience working with computer vision datasets (e.g., benchmark evaluations).

* 3+ years of experience in leading computational photography, computer vision, computer graphics, or machine learning research projects.

* 3+ years of experience with Python and/or C++ programming languages.

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

Preferred Qualifications

* Internship experience and/or research assistantship(s) in a research organization.

* Experience communicating research to public audiences of peers.

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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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