Meta
AI Research Scientist, Multimodal Perception
$122K–$181K
Redmond, WA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Location
- Redmond, WA
Burlingame, CA - Experience
- Research experience required; no number of years stated.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. The posting also labels the position “(PhD)” but does not specify a PhD as a degree requirement.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment by the time of hire and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
About the job
Conduct research and develop efficient on-device models for image and video understanding, multimodal perception, and sensor fusion.
What you'll do
- Build models that understand images and videos; conduct research on efficient vision encoders and multimodal LLMs.
- Define, build, and benchmark capabilities for next-generation AI; train and optimize machine-learning and neural-network methods.
- Work with large datasets and data-annotation engines, and collaborate across disciplines.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; the posting also identifies the role as PhD-level.
- Research experience in deep learning, computer vision, robotics, or AI infrastructure, with a focus on efficiency.
- Experience with Python and PyTorch, software development, and executing complex experiments.
- Research and software engineering experience, cross-functional teamwork, and a record of research results such as publications, grants, fellowships, or patents.
Pay
$122,000/year to $181,000/year USD base salary
Tools
Python, PyTorch
AI focus
Research and develop efficient vision and multimodal AI, including image and video understanding, sensor fusion, vision encoders, multimodal LLMs, and on-device models.
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