Research Scientist, 3D Human Body Shape and Animation

Requirements:

• PhD degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• One or more scientific publication submissions in AI conferences (e.g., NeurIPS, CVPR, ICCV, ICLR).

Nice to haves:

• PhD in Computer Science, Applied Math, or a related field with a focus on 3D Geometry or Machine Learning.
• Experience with Deep learning frameworks (e.g., JAX) and with Python/ C++.
• Experience with mesh processing, skeletal animation pipelines.
• Understanding of linear algebra, calculus, and optimization.

What you'll be doing:

• Develop algorithms and models for 3D body shape estimation, rigging, and skinning.
• Work with parametric models to represent human populations for various applications with differing performance and quality requirements.
• Research and develop novel approaches to physics-based generative animation conditioned on multimodal input data such as text, audio, sparse sensor information.
• Work alongside software engineers and other research scientists to deliver production-ready models and pipelines.

Perks and benefits:

• Opportunity to work at Google's offices in London, UK and Zürich, Switzerland.
• Contribute to foundational models and core technologies for synthesize reality.
• Engage with a team working on next-generation user experiences and new features in AR.
• Active contribution to the wider research community through sharing and publishing findings.