Machine Learning Programmer (Character & Animation)

1 Month ago • All levels • Animation

Job Summary

Job Description

Ubisoft's Rainbow Six team is seeking a Machine Learning Programmer to revolutionize their animation process using ML and GenAI. The role involves analyzing the existing animation tech stack, proposing and implementing novel ML approaches, staying updated on industry developments, contributing to the animation roadmap, and collaborating with a diverse team. Responsibilities include industrializing ML techniques into the game engine, solving problems across various domains using ML solutions, and contributing to modernizing the animation tech stack. This position requires expertise in deep learning frameworks (PyTorch/Keras), understanding of state-of-the-art ML topics (VAEs, NERFs, GANs), and a strong foundation in 3D mathematics, calculus, and game engines (Unreal/Unity).
Must have:
  • Masters/PhD in ML or equivalent
  • Strong 3D math & calculus
  • Game engine experience (Unreal/Unity)
  • Deep learning frameworks (PyTorch/Keras)
  • Understanding of VAEs, NERFS, GANs
  • Excellent communication skills

Job Details

JOB DESCRIPTION

We are changing how we do animation here at Ubisoft and on Rainbow Six. The injection of ML and GenAI has caused a paradigm shift in the capacity to produce high quality human like animation at a scale we could not before. By joining this team, you would be contributing to modernizing our animation tech stack with novel ML based techniques to help us make bigger, better-looking games with a heavy focus on animation quality. This role would be a step beyond RND with a focus on industrializing ML into a modern games engine. 
Responsibilities
-    Analyse existing animation tech stack and propose and implement novel approaches using machine learning techniques
-    Stay on top of the current industry developments in ML and bring them to the animation leadership for knowledge sharing
-    Execute and contribute to the existing animation roadmap for the animation team
-    Work as apart of a diverse full stack animation team to revolutionize how we make animation as a studio by industrializing pragmatic ML techniques into our animation technology stacks
-    Able to think outside of animation domain and provide ML solutions into other domains for problem solving

QUALIFICATIONS

-    Masters or PHD in a machine learning software engineering field (or equivalent industry experience)
-    Undergaduate degree in computer science (or significant industry experience)
-    Strong 3D mathematics and calculus
-    Experience with modern game engines (unreal / unity)
-    Understanding of current novel and standard runtime and offline animation techniques for games and film
-    Innovative thinker also able to take direction
-    Excellent communication skills
-    Pragmatic and solution oriented
-    Mastery of deep learning frameworks (pytorch / keras)
-    Understanding of state of the art machine learning topics (VAEs, NERFS, GANS etc)
-    A passion for animation in games
-    C++ experience

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