Position Summary
Senior Machine Learning Engineer - Visual Computing Group (VCG)
Responsibilities
- Develop and improve core generative models for graphics and video processing for a variety of applications, including live video streaming and game rendering.
- Research and prototype new methods for graphics or video enhancement, and design data generation pipelines from generative models.
- Collaborate with team members on drafting publications and patent submissions.
- Participate in core R&D work with other teams within Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Qualifications
- PhD or MSc in Computer Science, Electronic Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Computer Graphics, or a related field, or equivalent skills evidenced by work experience.
- 5+ years of demonstrable research experience in industry or academia.
- Strong background in TensorFlow or PyTorch, Python, and libraries related to computer vision or graphics (minimum 3 years of experience for an ML engineer, 5 years for a Senior ML engineer).
- Evidence of at least one research publication in a top tier conference such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or equivalent.
- Solid background in neural network architectures, including advanced loss functions, convolutional, recurrent, transformer based, diffusion based, or other architectures; experience training, validating, and evaluating models on large datasets.
- Desired qualifications include publications in journals such as IEEE Transactions on Image Processing or IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology; theoretical understanding of the graphics pipeline, including coordinate transformations, PBR materials, rasterization, lighting, and ray tracing.
- Experience with 3D engines such as Unreal or Unity, especially in generating datasets and extracting G buffers and motion vectors.
Benefits
- Discretionary bonus opportunity
- Hybrid working within Flexmodes
- Private medical insurance and dental scheme
- 25 days holiday per year
- On site gym, subsidised café, free soft drinks, on site bar, cycle garage and showers
Equal Opportunity Statement
Sony Interactive Entertainment is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, or any other legally protected category.
We encourage qualified applicants to apply.