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At Miris, we believe that this work can be deeply meaningful when it is supported by a strong team, a clear sense of purpose, and a shared commitment to achieving important outcomes. We are looking for people who are energized by complex problems and the opportunity to make a meaningful impact.\nThe Opportunity:\nMiris is seeking exceptional and outcome-focused Applied Researchers at all levels to join our friendly and fully remote R&D team. You will navigate the fast-moving Gaussian splatting/radiance field research to find and adapt existing techniques and identify where to push beyond the bleeding edge to deliver exceptional immersive streaming experiences to low-powered mobile devices.\nThis is an applied role; you will take ideas from the theoretical stage, through prototyping, and all the way to successful production rollout. 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We also believe that every candidate should have an ownership mindset and the opportunity to share in the success they help create, which is why stock options are a significant portion of this role's compensation package.\nWhat You'll Do:\nConduct applied research into novel methods for representing, compressing, and streaming animated 3D content, with a strong focus on Gaussian splatting and efficiency for low-power mobile AR/VR devices\nQuickly develop proof-of-concepts and transition successful experiments to production-ready code to advance our streaming pipeline\nDesign and evaluate algorithms for spatial data optimization, compression, and adaptive streaming based on network conditions and device capabilities\nContribute to solutions for challenging problems like animated content, real-time relighting, integrating content into an AR environment, and facilitating open-world VR experiences\nWork closely with rendering engineers to define data formats, rendering pipelines, and performance targets optimized for mobile hardware.\nCollaborate with cloud and content processing engineers to establish robust and efficient workflows for automated processing of diverse user input data into our streaming format\nProactively follow and apply the latest computer graphics research related to novel view synthesis on mobile devices, such as radiance fields, differentiable rendering, and photogrammetry\nClearly communicate research findings and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders\nWhat You'll Bring:\nMS or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field, or equivalent practical experience\nProven track record leading research which advances the state-of-the-art in areas such as radiance fields, photogrammetry, machine learning for graphics, or real-time rendering with publications in top-tier conferences or journals in related fields (e.g., SIGGRAPH, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, ICML)\nStrong understanding of modern 3D rendering pipelines and concepts\nExperience with radiance fields (e.g., Gaussian splatting, NeRF) and related novel spatial representation techniques is highly desirable.\nExcellent programming skills in Python and C++\nExperience with performance optimization and writing efficient code for resource-constrained environments\nAbility to quickly understand and implement complex research papers\nDemonstrated ability to be outcome-focused and deliver working code that solves real-world problems\nStrong problem-solving skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment\nExcellent communication and collaboration skills\nTarget Base Salary Range\n$89,155—$287,488 USD\nAbout Us:\nMiris is a cutting-edge technology company building the future of 3D content delivery at global scale. 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