Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Vision - Humans (PhD)

Meta is seeking a Postdoctoral Researcher to join its Fundamental AI Research (FAIR) organization to work on making significant advances in AI. We are seeking talented researchers with experience in vision models and general AI to join the team to investigate how to build contextually aware AI that will be the foundation for a new paradigm in how we interact and use computers. The chosen candidate will work with a diverse and highly interdisciplinary team of scientists, engineers, and cross-functional partners and access cutting-edge technology, resources, and research facilities.Postdoctoral Researcher, Computer Vision - Humans (PhD) Responsibilities

• Build models that can estimate underlying 3D properties from 2D observations.
• Work with articulated object models and various optical models.
• Build and contribute to automated systems and data annotation engines.
• Train and optimize large transformers models.

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.
• Currently has or is in the process of obtaining a PhD in the field of Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
• Research experience with photogrammetry, reconstruction, rendering or motion modeling.
• Experience with large scale model training and large scale image datasets.
• Experience in Python and PyTorch.
• Experience writing software and executing complex experiments.
• Experience communicating research for public audiences of peers.
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Research experience with 3D human mesh modeling, clothing modeling or 3D human pose estimation.
• Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as publications at leading workshops, journals or conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, ICCV, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH, or similar.
• Demonstrated research and software engineering experience via an internship, work experience, coding competitions, or widely used contributions in open source repositories (e.g. GitHub).
• Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and diverse points of view to determine a path forward.
• Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment.

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$117,000/year to $173,000/year + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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