Research Engineer, Neural Rendering

Toronto, ON. Posted 12 months ago

The role

You will build multi-sensor rendering systems for autonomous driving, using reconstruction, neural rendering and generative AI. You will work with Waabi's scientists and engineers to build digital twins from camera, LiDAR and RADAR data.

What you will do

Build next-generation multi-sensor rendering systems for autonomous driving
Build digital twins from real-world camera, LiDAR and RADAR data
Ship simulation software that mixes real-time rendering with NeRF, 3D Gaussian Splatting and diffusion models
Collaborate with autonomy and safety teams to improve the realism and diversity of Waabi World
Contribute to research papers for top conferences or journals

Required qualifications

Experience developing production-quality software, not only prototypes
Comfort working with large datasets for ML applications
Understanding of modern ML or neural rendering systems (diffusion models, vision foundation models, NeRF, 3DGS) beyond applying them
Understanding of the limitations of current methods and trade-offs between paradigms
Experience designing, launching and debugging GPU machine learning jobs in the cloud (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
Strong software engineering skills in Python and PyTorch
Experience in at least one native systems language such as C++ or Rust

Benefits

Competitive compensation and equity awards
Medical, dental and vision coverage (full-time employees)
Unlimited vacation
Flexible hours and work-from-home support
Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals when in office
Regular team building activities and social events on-site, off-site and virtual

Before you apply

Waabi is an equal opportunity employer; accommodations are available during the application and interview process on request

About the company

Waabi is a technology start-up building autonomous transportation, including commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. It was founded by Raquel Urtasun and has offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas and Pittsburgh.