XR Vision Scientist — Perception & Visual Comfort

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 233,000 - 388,000; Full time

Job summary

Pico is seeking an Applied Vision Scientist for the XR Perception team in San Jose to shape perception-driven computer vision and display systems for XR products. You will craft perceptual specifications, run rigorous user studies, and build models and prototypes that enhance visual quality and comfort across Pico XR hardware and software.

The role requires deep knowledge of vision science, psychophysics, and statistical modeling, with experience in XR products and biosensing modalities.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in Vision Science, Perceptual Psychology, Computational Neuroscience, Optometry, Human Factors, Imaging Science, Color Science, Optics, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience (inclusive of graduate school research) in related fields.
• Deep understanding of the human visual system, visual perception, and image quality concepts.
• Strong familiarity with psychophysics methods and experiment design, including stimulus design, adaptive procedures, and validation through user studies.
• Strong background in data analysis and statistical theory, with experience applying rigorous statistical methods to behavioral and perceptual data.
• Solid knowledge of computational modeling, including building and validating models of visual perception or human performance.
• Experience working with large-scale, complex datasets and data analysis pipelines, plus proficiency in one or more scripting, modeling, data analysis, or prototyping languages such as Python, MATLAB, or C++.

Responsibilities

• Define novel, product-critical perceptual specifications and metrics that quantify user experience in visual quality, visual comfort, and human performance for AR/VR products, and drive their adoption in system architecture and product requirements.
• Design, conduct, and analyze psychophysics experiments and user studies to characterize human visual perception, validate novel features, and inform product decisions with statistically rigorous evidence.
• Implement and develop XR-related features, leveraging multimodal sensor data and biometric signals (e.g., eye tracking, EEG/EOG, and other biosensing data), from algorithm prototyping through integration and validation.
• Develop and maintain simulation platforms, computational models, and prototypes to accelerate hardware design iterations and software optimizations.
• Apply perception science and early vision modeling to identify system limitations of next-generation display and imaging systems, and translate findings into actionable architecture specifications.

Skills

Vision Science

Psychophysics

Computational modeling

Data analysis

Python

Education

Advanced degree in Vision Science / related field

Tools

Python

MATLAB

C++

Job description

Pico is seeking an Applied Vision Scientist for the XR Perception team in San Jose to shape perception-driven computer vision and display systems for XR products. You will craft perceptual specifications, run rigorous user studies, and build models and prototypes that enhance visual quality and comfort across Pico XR hardware and software.

The role requires deep knowledge of vision science, psychophysics, and statistical modeling, with experience in XR products and biosensing modalities.