We are looking for researchers and applied scientists to join the Central Applied Science team. Central Applied Science is an interdisciplinary team of quantitative scientists that aims to deliver research and innovation that fundamentally contribute to Meta's success. By applying your expertise in quantitative methods, you will be empowered to drive impact across a range of products, infrastructure and company operations. Individuals in this role are expected to have expertise and publications within research areas including artificial intelligence, machine learning, statistics, causal inference and experimentation. The ideal candidate will have a passion for building data-driven products and forming research frameworks to solve challenging, real-world problems.
Research Scientist, Central Applied Science (PhD) Responsibilities
Work with vast amounts of data, generate research questions that push the state-of-the-art, and build data-driven products.
Develop novel quantitative methods on top of Meta's unparalleled data infrastructure.
Learn new tools, systems, and programming languages quickly as required by the particular project you are working on
Work towards long-term ambitious research goals, while identifying intermediate milestones.
Communicate best practices in quantitative analysis to partners.
Work both independently and collaboratively with other scientists, engineers, UX researchers, and product managers to accomplish complex tasks that deliver demonstrable value.
Publish research results in top-tier conferneces and at leading journals
Actively identify new opportunities within Meta's long term roadmap for data science contributions.

Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) is a world leader in the design of virtual and augmented reality systems. We are currently seeking innovative researchers with a passion for technology to develop the next generation of Mixed Reality. The focus of this role includes 3D reconstruction, scene understanding, depth estimation, and semantic segmentation. The position requires a combination of education and experience in computer vision, computer graphics, and machine learning.
Research Scientist Mixed Reality Responsibilities
Lead and collaborate on research projects within a globally based team
Conduct applied research to advance the State of the Art in 3D Computer Vision and Machine Learning (Neural Rendering, Depth Estimation, 3D Generative-AI, 3D Reconstruction, Novel View Synthesis, Non-Rigid Tracking).
Collaborate with other researchers, engineers, and 3D artists to prototype hardware and software solutions, experiments and concepts.
Provide leadership to the engineering teams delivering Mixed Reality features into the Presence Platform as developer features available on Metas AR and VR devices.