About the job
Join Waabi, an innovator in Physical AI founded by the esteemed AI pioneer Raquel Urtasun, as we pave the way for the future of autonomous transportation. With a talented team, we are revolutionizing the industry, powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis through cutting-edge technology. Our partnerships with global leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech position us at the forefront of this exciting field.
With offices situated in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, Waabi is rapidly expanding and seeking diverse, creative, and collaborative individuals who aspire to make a positive impact in the world. To learn more about our vision, visit: www.waabi.ai
As a Research Engineer specializing in Neural Rendering, you will be instrumental in developing the next generation of multi-sensor rendering systems for autonomous driving. Collaborating with our esteemed team of scientists and engineers, you will design innovative, practical, and scalable rendering and content creation solutions for self-driving technology. We prioritize originality, high-impact ideas, and thorough experimental validation.
Your Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of Research Scientists and Engineers to create a premier multi-sensor simulation stack.
- Employ state-of-the-art techniques in reconstruction, neural rendering, and generative AI to develop large-scale, efficient digital twins using real-world camera, LiDAR, and RADAR data. You'll be contributing to the next-generation simulation software that blends traditional real-time rendering with NeRF, 3D Gaussian Splatting, diffusion models, and more.
- Work alongside Waabi’s autonomy and safety teams to enhance the realism and diversity of Waabi World.
- Contribute to impactful research papers submitted to prestigious conferences or journals such as CVPR, ECCV, ICCV, SIGGRAPH, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICRA, and RA-L.
Qualifications:
- Proven experience in Shipping Production Software. You have a strong background in developing production-quality software rather than just prototypes or proofs of concept. You are adept at working with large datasets for machine learning applications.
- In-depth knowledge of ML or neural rendering. You possess a comprehensive understanding of modern machine learning (including diffusion models and vision foundational models) or neural rendering (like NeRF and 3DGS) systems, recognizing the limitations and trade-offs of various methods.
