Research Scientist, HCI-Multimodality - Interaction Perception, PICO

Research Scientist, HCI-Multimodality - Interaction Perception, PICO

Location:

San Jose

Team:
Technology

Employment Type:

Regular

Job Code: A03924

About the Team The team at PICO is dedicated to leverage technologies such as computer vision, deep learning, SLAM, 3D reconstruction, and multi-sensor fusion, we continuously expand the ways humans interact with the virtual world through handheld controllers, bare-hand tracking, eye-tracking, and XR interactive accessories, enhancing the overall interaction experience. We focus on computer vision + NLP + LLM for next-generation VR intelligent interaction.

Responsibilities:

• Develop computer vision-driven VR interaction algorithms centered on intelligent input method systems.
• Build LLM & NLP algorithms for prediction, error correction and completion.
• Research lightweight LLM/NLP and vision-language multimodal fusion for VR.
• Deliver technical innovations, patents and research translation.
• Provide technical leadership for the algorithm team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's/PhD in CS, AI or related field.
• 5+ years NLP/LLM R&D experience, 2+ years leading core algorithms.
• Expertise in Transformers, LLMs and sequence modeling.
• Proficiency in PyTorch/Tensor Flow.
• Basic computer vision or multimodal background.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in intelligent input methods, especially Chinese input methods.
• LLM fine-tuning and optimization for interactive systems.
• Vision-language multimodal fusion for VR.
• Lightweight model deployment on VR/edge devices.
• VR interaction and scenario understanding.

Job Information

Compensation Description (Annually) The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $244800 - $588000 annually. Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate's qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure).

The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment:
1. Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
2. Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; and 3. Exercising sound judgment.

About Pico Founded in April 2015, Pico is a VR company committed to developing immersive and interactive VR experiences for people around the world. Pico also provides tailor-made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare.

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