Job Description

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.

At Facebook Reality Labs, our goal is to invent the user input and interface technologies that will drive the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. We are looking for a talented research scientist with expertise and passion for building advanced sensing systems aimed at solving complex input and interaction problems. As a Research Scientist, you would focus on developing interaction techniques for novel wearable sensing solutions as well as on incorporating contextual, environment, and biological signals to enable rich and expressive interactions for AR/VR scenarios.Ideal candidates will have a passion for the intersection of science, design, and engineering of novel interaction solutions. Researchers are expected to integrate their work into real-time interactive systems in our lab and validate their solutions through user evaluations to determine how specific engineering choices impact user experience. Researchers will have the opportunity to publish in peer-reviewed conferences and journals and are expected to effectively collaborate with cross-disciplinary experts, including applied machine learning, electrical, mechanical, and software engineering, perceptual science, and design.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute a research agenda to advance novel sensing and interaction solutions for AR/VR.
• Collaborate with researchers, engineers, and designers across disciplines to solve complex problems.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of developed solutions through user evaluations.
• Publish and present papers at international conferences and journals in the field.
  

Minimum Qualification

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD in the field of computer science, human-computer interaction, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience developing interactions and interfaces in 3D game engine environments (e.g. Unity) and programming with C++, C#, and/or Python.
• Understanding of HCI fundamentals, as demonstrated through creation and evaluation of input and interaction technologies.
• Proven track record of achieving research results and innovation as demonstrated by first-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals/conferences and/or patents.
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
  

Preferred Qualification

• Demonstrated experience designing AR/VR interactions through projects and demonstrations.
• Demonstrated experience implementing real-time signal processing, sensor fusion, and machine learning solutions for interactive applications.
• Demonstrated experience developing novel multimodal interaction techniques.
• Interpersonal skills, cross-group collaboration, and cross-culture collaboration.
  

Facebook is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Facebook is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities in our recruiting process. If you need any assistance or accommodations due to a disability, please let us know at accommodations-ext@fb.com.