Research Scientist - Reality Labs
Meta· Engineering
Hybrid (Sunnyvale, CA)$184k - $257kFull-timePosted 4mo ago
About the role
Research Scientist with deep expertise in Large Language Models (LLMs) to advance AI-powered neuromotor interactions for wearable devices within Meta's Reality Labs. Focus on developing, optimizing, and deploying LLMs for constrained hardware in wearable platforms, leading a small team, and translating research into production products.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and optimization of Large Language Models for wearable device applications
- Set technical direction for LLM-related research projects involving 3-4 researchers and engineers
- Conduct research and experiments to improve language model accuracy, efficiency, and on-device performance
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (engineering, HCI, product) to transition LLM research into production
- Explore and adopt novel model optimization, quantization, and efficiency techniques for resource-constrained environments
- Stay current with state-of-the-art advances in LLMs, NLP, and related fields
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, or a related technical field. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta
- Demonstrated expertise in Large Language Models — including architecture design, training, fine-tuning, and/or deployment
- Programming experience in Python and hands-on experience with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch
- Experience developing machine learning models at scale from inception to impact
- 5+ years of research experience working autonomously on ML/NLP problems
Skills
Required:Large Language Models (LLMs)PythonPyTorch
Benefits
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