Research Scientist - Synthetic Actors

Who are we?

On a mission to make video easy for anyone โ€ฆ

It is an exciting time to join Synthesia as we reached a hallmark by becoming a Unicorn, having raised $90 million in Series C funding and now evaluated at $1 billion!! โœจ ๐Ÿฆ„

Synthesia is the worldโ€™s #1 AI video generation platform. Well, itโ€™s actually a video production studio โ€” in a browser. As in, no cameras or film crews at all. You simply choose an avatar, enter your script in one of 60 languages, and your video is ready in minutes. In Synthesia, you can build personalised on-the-fly videos, give your chatbot a human face or run 24/7 weather channels in different languages, to name just a few of the possibilities. ๐ŸŽฌ

We believe the future of media is synthetic, and we are on a mission to turn cameras into code and make everyone a creator. To learn more, check out our brand video that explains what weโ€™re doing at Synthesia.

 

About the role

We are looking for a Research Scientist, with passion for working on cutting edge problems that can help us create highly realistic, emotional and life-like synthetic humans through text-to-video.  

Our aim is to make video content creation available for all - not only to studio production!

๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿผโ€๐Ÿ”ฌ You will be someone who loves to push the boundaries and uncover brand new solutions to challenging problems in the AI field. You are used to working in a fast-paced start-up environment. You will have experience with the software development life cycle, from ideation through implementation, to testing and release. You will also have extensive knowledge and experience in the domain of 3D Human Modelling.

๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ’ผ You will join a group of more than 40 Researchers and Engineers in the R&D department. Our research is guided by our co-founders - Prof. Lourdes Agapito and Prof. Matthias Niessner. This is an open, collaborative and highly supportive environment. We are all working together to build something big - the future of synthetic media and programmable video through Generative AI. We are proud of the culture, as well as the impact of the technology we are building. Our team's paper on HumanRF has been selected by both CVPR and SIGGRAPH: HumanRF: High-Fidelity Neural Radiance Fields for Humans in Motion

 

What will you be doing?

๐Ÿš€ In this position, you will join our R&D team working on developing a generative 3D model of humans. You will support our academic papers, which includes writing, running experiments, creating figures and more. You will be exploring new method designs and baselines to help us create photorealistic 3D Avatars. We are currently developing a foundational model for humans in video. In this role you will:

  • Participate in creating high-fidelity photo-real controllable human models.
  • Explore the state-of-the-art in generative modelling and generative dynamics.
  • Test state-of-the-art methods to set baselines.
  • Invent novel methods to go beyond the state-of-the-art.
  • Develop an approach to represent fine detailed shape, appearance and dynamics for humans in motion.
  • Develop high quality solutions suitable for deployment in production environments.
  • Lead and contribute to academic publications working with our academic co-founders.

 

Who are you?

We are looking for Research Scientists with deep academic knowledge of generative animation, someone who thrives working in a busy start-up environment and is prepared to deliver working solutions as well as doing research. You will have:

  • PhD in Computer Vision, preferably with a focus on Generative AI. Corresponding Industry experience is an advantage!
  • Deep understanding and publications track record on shape modelling / neural rendering / generative animation.
  • Experience in 3D computer vision and Computer graphics.
  • Excellent coding skills in Python - our teams work full-stack, you will deliver solutions from a concept to production-ready code.
  • Experience with most modern frameworks for deep learning (PyTorch) as well as for software development (Git, Linux).
  • Outstanding communication skills.

 

Nice to haveโ€ฆ 

  • Experience with different types of Diffusion models, GANs and Transformers.
  • SDF and NERF rendering.
  • C++ / CUDA.

The good stuff...

๐Ÿ’ธ You will be compensated well (salary + stock options + bonus)

๐Ÿ“ You will work in a hybrid setting with an office in Munich, Germany

๐Ÿ You get 25 days of annual leave + public holidays

๐Ÿฅณ You will join an established company culture with regular socials and company retreats

๐Ÿคฉ You get 4 weeks paid sabbatical after 4 years at the company + $10,000!!

๐Ÿ‘‰ You can participate in a generous referral scheme

๐Ÿš€ You will have huge opportunities for your career growth

You can see more about Who we are and How we work here: https://www.synthesia.io/careers

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