niantic-spatial - Research Scientist, Embodied AI
Requirements
• A PhD in computer vision, robotics, graphics, machine learning, or a related field, or equivalent research experience, with a publication record at top venues. • Substantial expertise in robotics or embodied AI, including experience in sim-to-real transfer, domain randomization, policy evaluation, and simulation-based learning. • Deep experience with 3D scene representations: Gaussian splatting, neural fields, meshes, point clouds, or implicit representations. • You have applied generative or diffusion models to 3D data, such as scene completion, inpainting, relighting, or novel view synthesis from sparse capture. • You have worked on 3D semantics, open-vocabulary scene understanding, or scene graphs. • Proficiency in Python and Deep Learning libraries such as PyTorch. • GPU or graphics programming experience, such as custom CUDA kernels, shaders, or differentiable rendering. • A track record of contributing to widely used open-source research codebases. • Proficiency in C++. • Equal Opportunity
Responsibilities
• Develop New Spatial Representations - Develop new spatial representations that embodied AI can learn from, train in, and act on. • Advance Real-to-Sim Pipelines - Advance real-to-sim pipelines connecting real-world observations, 3D reconstruction, simulation, and robotic policy learning. • Solve Emerging Spatial Problems - Solve emerging problems that relate to spatial intelligence, 3D scene representation, training data, model efficiency, and interactive systems. • Take Capabilities Through to Evidence - Take new capabilities through to evidence: what changed for the policy, not only what changed in the reconstruction. • Build Prototypes - Build proof of concept prototypes, initially for internal use, where some will need to run at production scale on customer data. • Collaborate Across Research and Product - Collaborate closely with researchers, engineers, and product partners to bring novel models to production. • Publish Your Work - Publish and present your work.
Benefits
• Base Salary Range £103.5K – £202.5K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus • Individual pay within this salary range is determined by work location and additional factors, including assessed job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can answer any questions about new hire total compensation during the hiring process. An overview of benefit offerings for your location can be found on the careers page. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • or drag and drop here • Please confirm you're able to come into office 3x/week for individual contributors or 4x/week for people leaders? • Local: I currently live within a commutable distance. • Ready to move (Self-Funded): I am planning to relocate and do not require financial assistance to be on-site by my start date. • Relocation Assistance Required: I am willing to be onsite by my start date but would require a relocation package/stipend to do so. • Remote Only: I am not open to relocating and am looking for a remote-first role. • Talent Network Consent • Under UK data protection law (UK GDPR), we need a lawful basis to store and process your personal data beyond any active application. Your consent gives us that basis and keeps you in control of how your information is used. • A few important things to know: • Providing consent is entirely optional - there's no pressure either way. • Your decision will not affect the consideration of any current or future application. • You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us at [email protected]. • If you don't opt in, your information will be removed in accordance with our standard retention schedule once any active consideration process concludes. • For full details on how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, please review our Recruiting Privacy Policy. • Recruiting Privacy Policy • Note: The consent period lasts for 1 year • Niantic Spatial may use Artificial Intelligence with this application. Learn more.
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