The Special Projects team at Epic focuses on high-impact projects that advance real-time graphics and gaming technology, collaborating with the Unreal Engine team to empower developers. The Research & Development team is seeking an experienced hands-on Research Programmer with a passion for digital humans, machine learning, and animation technology. This role involves researching and prototyping machine learning and generative approaches for game content creation, deploying novel technology into Epic products, engaging with the scientific community, contributing expertise, investigating new ideas, and mentoring junior researchers and students.
Research and prototype machine learning and generative approaches for game content creation.,Work with development and product programmers to deploy and productize novel technology results in Epic products.,Engage with the scientific community, contribute domain knowledge and advice in support of strategically relevant R&D efforts.,Investigate, develop novel ideas, and expand the boundaries of the state-of-the-art in research.,Contribute deep expertise and actionable knowledge in collaboration with other researchers and programmers at Epic Games.,Provide expert technical guidance and implementation during tech transfer, typically working with Research Programmers and/or Software programmers.,Guide and mentor junior researchers and students in the internship program.
PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Mathematics, Programming, or a related discipline.,Proven applied research impact in shipping titles.,Strong analytical and reasoning skills with an emphasis on innovative and practical solutions.,Excellent programming skills, with a preference for experience with Python and C++.,Experience working in common ML frameworks such as PyTorch or Tensorflow, and rapid prototyping in Python.,In-depth knowledge in one or more of the following areas: real-time graphics, computer vision, machine learning, animation, large-language models, speech recognition, speech synthesis, linguistics, performance-capture, 3D reconstruction.
PhD degree
Epic Games is an American video game and software developer and publisher based in Cary, North Carolina. The company is best known for developing the Unreal Engine, the globally popular game Fortnite, and operating the Epic Games Store digital storefront.
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