Senior Applied Researcher & Lead - 3D Reconstruction & Deep Learning

The company is a 3D R&D Lab, in partnership with IKEA. We create magical mixed-reality experiences for hundreds of millions of users, using computer vision, neural networks, graphics, and computational photography. Last year we launched IKEA Kreativ , and we’re excited for what’s next!

We have an opening in our lab for a senior computer vision researcher, with 3D Reconstruction and Deep Learning expertise, to develop and improve the underlying algorithms powering our consumer products. We are looking for highly-motivated, creative, applied researchers with entrepreneurial drive, that are excited about building novel technologies and shipping them all the way to the hands of millions of customers!

Requirements

• Ph.D. and 3+ years of experience, or Master's and 6+ years of experience, focused on 3D Computer Vision and Deep Learning.

• Experience building Deep Learning models for 3D Vision tasks, like Depth Estimation, Room Layout Estimation, Inverse Rendering, Pose Estimation or 3D Scene Understanding.

• Familiarity with modern methods for Novel View synthesis, like NeRFs/Gaussian Splats and Diffusion models.

• Familiarity with classical methods for 3D Reconstruction: SfM/SLAM, Multi-view Stereo, RGB-D Fusion.

• Expertise in ML frameworks and libraries, e.g. PyTorch.

• Highly productive in Python. Ability to architect and implement complex systems at the micro and macro level.

• Experience in developing technologies that got integrated into products, as well as post-launch performance tracking and shipping improvements.

• Entrepreneurial: Adventurous, self-driven, comfortable under uncertainty, with a desire to make systems work end-to-end.

• Innovative: with a track record of patents and/or first-authored publications at leading workshops or conferences such as CVPR, ECCV/ICCV, SIGGRAPH, ISMAR, NeurIPS etc.

• [Bonus] Familiarity with Computer Graphics and Computational Photography.

• [Bonus] Comfortable with C++.

Benefits

• Join a mission-driven R&D lab, strategically backed by an influential global brand.

• Work in a dynamic team of computer vision, AI, computational photography, AR, graphics, and design professionals, and successful serial entrepreneurs.

• Opportunity to publish novel and relevant research.

• Fully remote work available to people living in the USA or Canada.

• Headquartered in downtown Palo Alto, California --- an easy walk from restaurants, coffee shops and Caltrain commuter rail.

• The USA base salary for this full-time position ranges from $180,000 to $250,000 determined by location, role, skill, and experience level.

• the company offers a comprehensive set of benefits, and for qualifying roles, substantial incentive grants, vesting annually.