Prototype Researcher: AI World Models & Interactive Demos

Runway; San Francisco (CA); À distance; USD 140 000 - 210 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Runway seeks aPrototype Researcher for Runway Labs to design, build, and demonstrate experimental AI video systems and world models. You will craft prototypes, tell compelling stories, and shape demonstrations that make cutting-edge research tangible and accessible.

You will work with researchers, engineers, and designers to explore new interfaces and interaction paradigms, communicating complex ideas through demos, visuals, and films. This role rewards curiosity, craft, and clear storytelling.

Qualifications

• Portfolio of original projects that demonstrates creative thinking, design craft, technical execution, and strong storytelling.
• Ability to take an idea from an early concept to a working prototype and a compelling presentation.
• Hands-on experience building interactive experiences with code, with the judgment to choose the right tools for each experiment.
• Strong visual and interaction design skills, with an eye for detail and an instinct for making complex ideas accessible.
• Genuine curiosity about AI video, world models, agentic systems, and emerging generative media.
• Comfort working in ambiguous research environments, defining your own direction, and learning new tools as the work evolves.
• The ability to explain the purpose and potential of your work clearly, through writing, visuals, demos, or film.

Responsabilités

• Develop original concepts that explore the possibilities of emerging AI systems, from interactive video and world models to agentic experiences.
• Design and build working prototypes that turn research capabilities into engaging, understandable experiences.
• Shape each project’s story: what it explores, why it matters, and what it suggests about the future.
• Package explorations into polished demos, films, and interactive experiences that communicate our research and vision.
• Collaborate with researchers and engineers to understand new capabilities and identify compelling ways to demonstrate them.
• Move quickly through experimentation, using prototypes to test ideas and refine both the experience and its narrative.

Connaissances

Prototype development

Creative thinking

Code prototyping

Visual design

Storytelling

Curiosity about AI video

Description du poste

Runway seeks aPrototype Researcher for Runway Labs to design, build, and demonstrate experimental AI video systems and world models. You will craft prototypes, tell compelling stories, and shape demonstrations that make cutting-edge research tangible and accessible.

You will work with researchers, engineers, and designers to explore new interfaces and interaction paradigms, communicating complex ideas through demos, visuals, and films. This role rewards curiosity, craft, and clear storytelling.