Research Scientist - Neural Rendering
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Science – Research Science /
/ On-site
Flawless is an award winning film technology company pioneering the generative AI revolution in filmmaking. Solving some of the biggest problems filmmakers face by empowering them with groundbreaking AI powered post production tools, allowing on screen dialogue to be visually changed without the need to reshoot or go back to set. The world’s first system has won multiple awards including TIME Best Inventions.
Founded in 2020 by Hollywood director, Scott Mann and serial technology entrepreneur Nick Lynes, Flawless is opening a world of new possibilities for filmmakers whilst ensuring the responsible adoption of generative AI. With headquarters in London and LA, Flawless has established an exceptional team of 100 world leaders in science, film and technology that have come from the likes of Adobe, Google, Lionsgate, NASA, Sony, Facebook, Microsoft and Apple (click here to find out more).
Flawless are looking for a smart, motivated, and committed Lead Research Scientist for our Neural Rendering team out of the LA Office. In this role, you will be working in an environment based on trust, autonomy and collaboration, and this is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a growing company in its most exciting stage of development. You can play a part in shaping the future of a company's suite of generative AI tools for VFX, focused on using and innovating the state of the art techniques in neural rendering.
As a lead research scientist at Flawless, you will work with and lead a close-knit, passionate group of world-class scientists and engineers to tackle some of the most challenging problems in neural rendering.
Our work in automated visual translation is the tip of the iceberg, we’re developing countless exciting products based on the application of our proprietary, cornerstone research.
Qualifications
- Minimum Qualifications
- Ph.D. in Visual Computing, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, or related fields.
- Demonstrable research experience with a strong publication record in major Computer Vision and Graphics at venues such as CVPR, SIGGRAPH, or NeurIPS.
- Demonstrable 3+ years research experience (industry preferable) with Deep Learning and Computer Vision in the following:
- Neural networks and transfer learning
- Un-supervised/Self-supervised learning
- Few/zero-shot learning esp. for image face synthesis
- Neural talking head synthesis
- Domain adaptation techniques esp. for image face synthesis
- 3D vision
- Proficiency with DL frameworks such as PyTorch, or Tensorflow
- Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience hiring, onboarding, and training team members ranging from new graduates to senior members of staff.
- 2+ years of experience leading research scientists ranging from new graduates to senior members of staff.
- Developed tools or solutions at scale for visual effects or real-world computer vision problems.
- Good communication skills to collaborate in a team with Researchers, ML engineers, and VFX artists.
Benefits
- Autonomy - You'll own your work from start to finish
- Influence - You'll impact major research decisions
- Publication - You’ll be encouraged to publish your work
- Learning - You’ll push the state-of-the-art with the best in the world
- Impact - Your input genuinely matters
- Competitive Salary
- Stock Options
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 401(k) plan
- Flawless is proud to emphasize an equal opportunity, safe environment for people to do their best work. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.
$175,000 - $275,000 a year
