Senior Expert Research Engineer

Job Title
Senior Expert Research Engineer

Requisition ID
R026301

Job Description
Elsewhere Entertainment is looking for a Senior Expert Research Engineer to join the development of a new IP.

Feed your creativity while collaborating with our team of highly skilled developers to build something innovative, exhilarating, and expansively entertaining

As a founding member of our new ML research department, you'll be focusing on bringing your knowledge of state-of-the-art ML models to solving problems and improving systems in game development; enriching our player experience and augmenting our team's abilities to create high-quality content. Your initial focus will be on animation systems, including lip-sync, text-to-speech, and related techniques, but we aim to push the boundaries of on-device, real-time performance, uses of machine learning in other areas as well, giving you the opportunity to have an outsized impact on a wider area of video game systems.

As a member of the project, you'll help take the studio and our game from great to even better—with a focus on inclusivity, mutual respect (for ourselves and our players), thoughtfulness, empathy, professionalism, and collaboration.

You'll help us by…

• Developing and training models to solve concrete game-related problems initially focused on animation, lip-sync, text-to-speech, and more.
• Working closely with domain experts from Elsewhere, Activision, and Microsoft, to advance state of art quality and real-time inference performance.
• Helping to identify training data needs and devise data acquisition strategies together with domain experts and asset creators.
• Creating best practices for research and productization, developing robust and efficient training pipelines for production cases.

You're awesome because you have…

• 3+ years of experience developing ML models for real-time inference scenarios.
• A PhD, or applied research background in industry, around machine learning or relevant areas of technology.
• Very strong math skills with a solid understanding of linear algebra, statistics, probability, and other ML-related math specializations.
• Excellent Python development skills, with very good knowledge of modern ML frameworks such as PyTorch.
• Good understanding of ML inference considerations like on-device deployment, etc.
• Strong ability to distill complex technical concepts into important details in discussions with inter-disciplinary teams.

Bonus points for…

• Knowledge of animation systems (IK, etc.), computer graphics, real-time physics, etc.
• Working knowledge of C++ programming.
• Experience in the computer games industry.

Your Platform
Built from the ground up, Elsewhere Entertainment is a premier and standalone studio dedicated to establishing an environment that inspires bold and diverse ideas. The team's underlying mission encourages everyone to explore and collaborate creatively to craft a franchise with an enduring legacy that resonates far beyond games.

The talented team at Elsewhere Entertainment consists of a collection of storytelling experts whose credits include The Last of Us, Uncharted, The Witcher, Cyberpunk, Destiny, Tom Clancy's The Division, and Far Cry.

Not sure you meet all the qualifications? Let us decide Research shows that women and members of other under-represented groups tend to not apply to jobs when they think they may not meet every qualification, when, in fact, they often do At Activision, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and strongly encourage you to apply.

Our World
At Activision, we strive to create the most iconic brands in gaming and entertainment. We're driven by our mission to deliver unrivaled gaming experiences for the world to enjoy, together. We are home to some of the most beloved entertainment franchises including Call of Duty, Crash Bandicoot, Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, and Guitar Hero. As a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and products, our "press start" is simple: delight hundreds of millions of players around the world with innovative, fun, thrilling, and engaging entertainment experiences.

We're not just looking back at our decades-long legacy; we're forging ahead to keep advancing gameplay with some of the most popular titles and sophisticated technology in the world. We have bold ambitions to create the most inclusive company as we know our success comes from the passionate, creative, and diverse teams within our organization.

We're in the business of delivering fun and unforgettable entertainment for our player community to enjoy. And our future opportunities have never been greater — this could be your opportunity to level up.

Ready to Activate Your Future?