ByteDance
Vision Scientist- Pico- San Jose CA San Jose Regular
ByteDance, San Jose, California, United States, 95199
About Team
Founded in April 2015, Pico is a leading XR company with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, focusing on XR all-in-one technology. Pico is committed to offering immersive and interactive XR experiences to our customers, including providing tailor‑made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare. Responsibilities
Develop novel perceptual metrics to quantify user experience in the areas of visual quality and comfort for AR/VR products. Apply perception sciences in AR/VR product developments through psychophysics experiments, early vision modeling, and developing perceptual driven machine learning and AI imaging algorithms. Design and implement eye‑tracking related display features based on perceptual science principles, and validate performance through user studies. Develop and maintain simulation platforms, computational models, and prototypes to accelerate hardware design iterations and software optimizations. Analyze various aspects of visual quality and visual comfort of next generation display systems, to identify system limitations and define imaging system architecture specifications. Qualifications
Minimum 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 experience (inclusive of graduate school research experience) in related fields. Deep understanding of human visual system and image quality concepts, or behavioral science and human factors. Strong background in statistics, optimization, machine learning, computational modeling. Experience working with large-scale, complex datasets and data analysis pipelines. Experience with psychophysics, user studies, and perception experiment design, conducting, and statistical analysis. Proficiency in one of the scripting, modeling, data analysis, or prototyping languages such as MATLAB, Python, C++. Preferred Qualifications
Experience with eye-tracking technology, eye-tracking data analysis, and relevant applications is a plus. Experience in engineering productization and delivery, including translating research prototypes into production-ready solutions is a plus. Expertise in one or more areas of visual comfort, spatio-temporal vision, visual optics, binocular vision, and visual neuroscience is a plus. Engineering background in image processing, signal processing, or color technology, and deep understanding of their relations to vision science is a plus. Experience in the consumer electronics industry and understanding of hardware/software imaging system architecture is a plus. Job Information
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $208,800 - $438,000 annually. Benefits
Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Criminal History Fair Chance
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; Exercising sound judgment.
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Founded in April 2015, Pico is a leading XR company with independent innovation and R&D capabilities, focusing on XR all-in-one technology. Pico is committed to offering immersive and interactive XR experiences to our customers, including providing tailor‑made solutions for our enterprise clients in the fields of education and healthcare. Responsibilities
Develop novel perceptual metrics to quantify user experience in the areas of visual quality and comfort for AR/VR products. Apply perception sciences in AR/VR product developments through psychophysics experiments, early vision modeling, and developing perceptual driven machine learning and AI imaging algorithms. Design and implement eye‑tracking related display features based on perceptual science principles, and validate performance through user studies. Develop and maintain simulation platforms, computational models, and prototypes to accelerate hardware design iterations and software optimizations. Analyze various aspects of visual quality and visual comfort of next generation display systems, to identify system limitations and define imaging system architecture specifications. Qualifications
Minimum 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 experience (inclusive of graduate school research experience) in related fields. Deep understanding of human visual system and image quality concepts, or behavioral science and human factors. Strong background in statistics, optimization, machine learning, computational modeling. Experience working with large-scale, complex datasets and data analysis pipelines. Experience with psychophysics, user studies, and perception experiment design, conducting, and statistical analysis. Proficiency in one of the scripting, modeling, data analysis, or prototyping languages such as MATLAB, Python, C++. Preferred Qualifications
Experience with eye-tracking technology, eye-tracking data analysis, and relevant applications is a plus. Experience in engineering productization and delivery, including translating research prototypes into production-ready solutions is a plus. Expertise in one or more areas of visual comfort, spatio-temporal vision, visual optics, binocular vision, and visual neuroscience is a plus. Engineering background in image processing, signal processing, or color technology, and deep understanding of their relations to vision science is a plus. Experience in the consumer electronics industry and understanding of hardware/software imaging system architecture is a plus. Job Information
The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $208,800 - $438,000 annually. Benefits
Employees have day one access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) savings plan with company match, paid parental leave, short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, wellbeing benefits, among others. Employees also receive 10 paid holidays per year, 10 paid sick days per year and 17 days of Paid Personal Time (prorated upon hire with increasing accruals by tenure). Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units. Criminal History Fair Chance
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Our company believes that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship on the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues; Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems; Exercising sound judgment.
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