About the Role

This is a PhD internship role at Meta's Reality Labs focusing on character animation and motion evaluation for AR/VR. The intern will prototype experimental systems, design algorithms, and collaborate with researchers on virtual human technologies. Research topics include motion tracking, physical simulation, animation synthesis, and perceptual evaluation.

Key Responsibilities

• Prototyping, building and analysis of experimental systems
• Design and execution of algorithms and/or conduct and analysis of experiments
• Collaboration with and support of other researchers across various disciplines
• Communication of research agenda, progress and results

Required Skills & Qualifications

Must Have:

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD in Computer Graphics, Character Animation, Robotics, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, or related fields
• Experience with technical character animation (joint hierarchies, motion models, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience with C#, C++, and/or Python
• Interpersonal skills: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Nice to Have:

• Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship
• 2+ years experience with character animation, physical simulation, perceptual evaluation and/or avatar evaluation
• Experiences in at least one of the following areas: human motion synthesis, editing, and retargeting, reinforcement learning, physics simulator developing in game engines and/or 3D software such as Unity, Unreal, Maya, Blender, conducting perception studies or user studies, or building VR applications
• Proven track record of achieving results as demonstrated in accepted papers at top animation, graphics, interaction and perception related journals and conferences such as SIGGRAPH, SCA, SAP, CHI, IEEE VR, ICRA, IROS, Eurographics, MIG, IVA, ICMI or related conference

Benefits & Perks

• $7,650/month to $12,134/month + benefits