Research Scientist

Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), formerly known as Facebook Inc., builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps and services like Messenger, Instagram, and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. To apply, click “Apply to Job” online on this web page.Research Scientist Responsibilities

• Perform research and develop solutions to computer software and computer hardware problems.
• Research, design, and develop new optimization algorithms and techniques to improve the efficiency and performance of Meta’s platforms.
• Design and implement large scale distributed software systems to serve large numbers of complex requests simultaneously and without failure.
• Utilize technical research background, train new ranking models, and run experiments.
• Create tools for migrating large bodies of user data across systems for new products, scalability efforts, and development of new core infrastructure.
• Use machine learning, statistics, or other data techniques to build algorithms.
• Suggest, collect, and synthesize system requirements from stakeholders and create effective feature roadmaps.
• Analyze and resolve computer challenges from a system engineering standpoint.
• Work on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors.
• Demonstrate good judgment in selecting methods and techniques for obtaining solutions.

Minimum Qualifications

• Requires a PhD degree in Color Science, Vision Science, Perceptual Psychology, Optics, Computational Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field OR completion of all coursework towards a PhD degree in in Color Science, Vision Science, Perceptual Psychology, Optics, Computational Imaging, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field. Requires completion of a university-level course, research project, internship, or thesis in the following:
• Display characterization interaction with visual encoding processes in the generation of visual artifacts
• Spatio-temporal contrast sensitivity, low-level vision, color perception, retinal physiology and modeling
• Standard image quality metrics, and deriving new metrics for novel environments and/or display architectures
• Complete image processing pipeline, from capture through reproduction through professional experience, publications and/or academic training
• Modeling visual and color perception in AR/VR
• Conducting research investigating perceptual issues with displays, or visual processing
• Hardware design and prototyping hardware systems to simulate issues with proposed and novel display and hardware architecture
• Communicating complex research in a clear, precise, and actionable manner
• MATLAB or Python programming for stimulus display and analysis.

For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. LocationsAbout Meta Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
$203,350/year to $240,240/year + bonus + equity + 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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