The Reality Labs (RL) Research brings together a world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of AR and VR, which together will become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today. We are developing all the technologies needed to enable breakthrough AR glasses and VR headsets, including computer vision, graphics, body tracking, perception science, and true telepresence. The Virtual Humans team in Sausalito, CA works on cutting-edge research and development focusing on virtual people and presence. We envision a world where people communicate across vast distances so our roles focus on developing user-friendly tools for expressive character creation and animation. Our internships are twelve (12) to sixteen (16) to twenty four (24) weeks long and we have various start dates throughout the year. Research Topics: * Reinforcement learning and physics-based control for robotics * Motion Tracking, Character animation, retargeting, and stylization * Sim-to-real transfer, Motion Generation, Robot Control * Data-driven Human motion generation and analysis

Research Scientist Intern, Physics Motion Generation for Robotics (PhD) Responsibilities

Prototyping, building, and analysis of novel research ideas

Design and execution of algorithms and/or conduct and analysis of experiments

Collaboration with and support of other researchers across various disciplines

Communication of research agenda, progress and results

Minimum Qualifications

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD in Robotics, Computer Graphics, Character Animation, Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction, or related fields

Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Experience with physics-based animation, reinforcement learning, modern ML

2+ years of experience with any of Python/pytorch, C/C++, C#/Unity

Interpersonal skills: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration

Preferred Qualifications

Intent to return to degree-program after the completion of the internship

2+ years experience with character animation and/or physical simulation

Experience with Human motion tracking, retargeting, reinforcement learning, self-supervised learning, VLAs, Diffusion Models, IsaacLab or related topics

Experience with real humanoid hardware (e.g Unitree G1)

Proven track record of achieving results as demonstrated in accepted papers at top robotics, graphics or ML conferences such as CoRL, ICRA, IROS, CVPR, NeurlIPS, ICCV, ICLR, SIGGRAPH etc

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About Meta

Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.

$7,650/month to $12,134/month + benefits

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Research Scientist Intern

Physics Motion Generation for Robotics, PhD

Meta

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