Research Scientist Intern, Spatial Reasoning & Localization (PhD)

Meta Inc.; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Meta Reality Labs is seeking a Research Scientist Intern in Redmond, WA to advance visual localization and spatial reasoning using structured map representations. You will work with researchers and engineers to build models, representations, datasets, and evaluation methods, with opportunities to publish and influence future AR/VR products.

The role focuses on developing lightweight VLM-driven visual localizers that reason over semantic and geometric evidence to estimate where an image was taken

Qualifications

• Pursuing PhD in a relevant field (e.g., Computer Vision, Multimodal ML)
• Strong foundation in computer vision and ML concepts
• Ability to prototype and evaluate models quickly

Responsibilities

• Research, develop and prototype advanced technologies in Computer Vision, Multimodal ML, and Visual Localization
• Create compact vision-language models to extract spatial evidence from images
• Localize images against structured map representations of indoor and outdoor environments

Education

PhD in Computer Vision, ML, or related field

Job description

Research Scientist Intern, Spatial Reasoning & Localization (PhD)# Research Scientist Intern, Spatial Reasoning & Localization (PhD)Redmond, WA+1 locationArtificial Intelligence+ 1 moreApply nowMeta Reality Labs brings together researchers and engineers to invent the future of visual computing.Our teams develop technologies that enable people to capture, create, understand, and interact with immersive visual experiences across Meta’s products and AR/VR platforms. We work at the intersection of artificial intelligence, computer vision, multimodal language models, and maps.Our research spans localization, vision-language models, scene text and landmark understanding, and spatial reasoning grounded in maps and floor plans, so that devices such as AI glasses can understand where people are, indoors and outdoors.As a Research Scientist Intern, you will help advance the state of the art in a fast, lightweight VLM driven visual localizer that reasons over semantic and geometric evidence in images and structured map representations, estimating where the image was taken: the place, the floor, and the camera's position and heading.You will collaborate with researchers and engineers to develop new models, representations, datasets, and evaluation methods—with opportunities to publish your work and influence future products used by people around the world.---## Research Scientist Intern, Spatial Reasoning & Localization (PhD) Responsibilities* Research, develop and prototype advanced technologies in the domain of Computer Vision, Multimodal Machine Learning, and Visual Localization, such as compact vision-language models that extract structured spatial evidence from images and localize them against structured map representations of indoor and outdoor environments.