Senior Research Engineer (Worlds)

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Electronic Arts is seeking a Senior Research Engineer to join its Worlds research pillar, focusing on redefining game world authoring technologies at the intersection of artistry and machine learning. This applied research role involves building high-impact prototypes and demos that integrate novel AI solutions into game engines. The position is hybrid, requiring three days per week at an EA office in Redwood City, Montreal, or Vancouver. You will collaborate with researchers, engineers, artists, and designers to translate research into production-ready features.

• Partner with researchers, engineers, artists, and designers to translate prototypes into production-ready engine features.
• Develop novel ideas by researching and implementing solutions to complex challenges in video games.
• Contribute to applied research in scene understanding, spatial reasoning, and visual quality evaluation.
• Build compelling demos that highlight novel solutions for world-building in games.
• Contribute to team learning, share findings and best practices, and push the boundaries of games research.

• Advanced research background: degree in Computer Science, STEM field, or equivalent practical experience related to game content creation.
• Proven expertise with Vision-Language Models (VLMs), Computer Vision methods (depth estimation, video segmentation), and model training/inference.