Research Engineer - Audio Driven Facial Animation - Flawless AI : Job Details

The AI company that's revolutionizing Hollywood, Flawless is shattering the boundaries of traditional filmmaking with its groundbreaking suite of Gen AI film editing tools. Our mission is to empower filmmakers with cutting-edge technology that allows creativity without compromise, expands storytelling possibilities, and delivers unparalleled visual and emotional experiences. We are also setting new standards in ethical AI by creating the Artistic Rights Treasury (A.R.T.), a rights management solution designed to protect artists and rights holders within the Entertainment landscape.

Reports to: Ari Shapiro - VP of Research

What we are looking for: Flawless is looking for a Research Engineer - Audio 3D Vision. You will be working in an environment based on trust, autonomy, and collaboration, and this is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a growing company in its most exciting stage of development. You can play a part in shaping the future of a company that's caring, creative, and collaborative.

As a Research Engineer on the science team at Flawless, you will work with and lead a close-knit, passionate group of world-class individuals tackling some of the most challenging problems in deep learning, including Audio-driven 3D facial animation, GAN models for visual speech synthesis, speech-based modeling, multi-modal fusion for audio-visual learning, and much more.

Our work in automated visual translation is just the beginning; we're developing countless exciting products based on the application of our proprietary, cornerstone research.

• Ph.D. or Postdoctoral researcher in 3D Computer Vision, Speech Synthesis, Computer Graphics, or related field
• Demonstrable research experience with a strong publication record in major 3D Computer Vision, Speech Processing, and Computer Graphics venues and journals like CVPR, SIGGRAPH, or NeurIPS
• 6+ years of experience in Python with proficiency in deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow
• High degree of proficiency in math and statistical methods for signal processing
• Experience with audio-visual learning, multimodal fusion, and/or 3D audio-driven face animation
• Outstanding communication skills to collaborate in a team with Scientists, Research/ML Engineers, and VFX artists
• Experience with speech modeling and speech synthesis with deep neural networks, generative and cross-domain attention models for 3D visual speech synthesis applications

Interview Process:

At Flawless, our team and interview process want to help you show your best self. We'll dive into past projects and simulate working together. Our interview process is four rounds with some casual Zoom (or in-person) coffee in between to get to know each other:

Your recruiter will be your main point of contact and prepare you for interviews. You'll meet 4 to 6 people from across the business. (We make sure that you have time in each interview to ask them questions). If we don't give an offer, we'll provide feedback!

Why work at Flawless? You will be working in an environment based on trust, autonomy, and collaboration, and this is a great opportunity for someone who wants to be part of a growing company in its most exciting stage of development. You can play a part in shaping the future of a company that's caring, creative, and collaborative.

In addition to this, you'll also receive:

• - Autonomy
• - A hybrid working environment
• - Competitive Salary
• - Incentivized Stock Options

Flawless is proud to emphasize an equal opportunity, safe environment for people to do their best work. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.