[Hiring] Applied Researcher @Miris

Role Description

Miris is seeking exceptional and outcome-focused Applied Researchers at all levels to join our friendly and fully remote R&D team. You will navigate the fast-moving Gaussian splatting/radiance field research to find and adapt existing techniques and identify where to push beyond the bleeding edge to deliver exceptional immersive streaming experiences to low-powered mobile devices. This is an applied role; you will take ideas from the theoretical stage, through prototyping, and all the way to successful production rollout. You will work in a highly collaborative environment, closely partnering with our rendering engineers and cloud/content processing teams to build a seamless end-to-end system that transforms varied user inputs (photogrammetry, 3D models) into exceptional spatial experiences.

What You'll Do

• Conduct applied research into novel methods for representing, compressing, and streaming animated 3D content, with a strong focus on Gaussian splatting and efficiency for low-power mobile AR/VR devices.
• Quickly develop proof-of-concepts and transition successful experiments to production-ready code to advance our streaming pipeline.
• Design and evaluate algorithms for spatial data optimization, compression, and adaptive streaming based on network conditions and device capabilities.
• Contribute to solutions for challenging problems like animated content, real-time relighting, integrating content into an AR environment, and facilitating open-world VR experiences.
• Work closely with rendering engineers to define data formats, rendering pipelines, and performance targets optimized for mobile hardware.
• Collaborate with cloud and content processing engineers to establish robust and efficient workflows for automated processing of diverse user input data into our streaming format.
• Proactively follow and apply the latest computer graphics research related to novel view synthesis on mobile devices, such as radiance fields, differentiable rendering, and photogrammetry.
• Clearly communicate research findings and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Qualifications

• MS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Proven track record leading research which advances the state-of-the-art in areas such as radiance fields, photogrammetry, machine learning for graphics, or real-time rendering with publications in top-tier conferences or journals in related fields (e.g., SIGGRAPH, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICML).
• Strong understanding of modern 3D rendering pipelines and concepts.
• Experience with radiance fields (e.g., Gaussian splatting, NeRF) and related novel spatial representation techniques is highly desirable.
• Excellent programming skills in Python and C++.
• Experience with performance optimization and writing efficient code for resource-constrained environments.
• Ability to quickly understand and implement complex research papers.
• Demonstrated ability to be outcome-focused and deliver working code that solves real-world problems.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary range: $89,155 — $287,488 USD.
• Comprehensive benefits including Medical, Dental, and Vision.
• Flexible Spending Account for medical and dependent expenses.
• Flexible working hours.
• Generous PTO Program.
• 401K plan.
• Technology stipend.
• Wellness stipend.
• Equity options.
• Globally, benefits may vary depending on a candidate's location.