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Why PlayStation?Increase your chances of reaching the interview stage by reading the complete job description and applying promptly. PlayStation isnt just the Best Place to Play its also the Best Place to Work. Today, were recognized as a global leader in entertainment producing the PlayStation family of products and services, including PlayStation5, PlayStation4, PlayStationVR, PlayStationPlus, acclaimed PlayStation software titles from PlayStation Studios, and more. Location: London, UK The Gaming, Developer & Future Technology (GDFT) group are PlayStations technology experts. We research and develop innovative technologies that push the boundaries of play, helping game developers make the best games on PlayStation. As we continue to push the boundaries of technology, we are seeking a talented Machine Learning Engineer at the intersection of machine learning, computer vision, & video game development to join our dynamic R&D team. Our team is dedicated to advancing imitation learning to build intelligent agents capable of playing complex games. In this role, you will leverage foundation models and emerging techniques to drive research forward, deliver innovative solutions for customers, and contribute to publications that shape the future of gaming. About the Role As a Machine Learning Engineer, you will be a key contributor to our research team, supporting the technical lead in driving technical excellence and innovation. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing novel machine learning models and algorithms to perform challenging and diverse tasks. You will perform a central role in a highly collaborative and fastmoving environment where innovation and creativity are encouraged. What youll be doing Imitation Learning Development: Design, develop and deliver novel machine learning techniques to solve diverse tasks in game development, incorporating foundation models and highlevel reasoning into the imitation process. Research and Innovation: Contribute to the authorship of team research papers, presenting at relevant conferences. Data Analysis: Perform data analysis and cleaning to uncover insights and patterns. Collaboration and Creativity: Work with crossfunctional teams to deploy machine learning models in production environments, solving issues and ensuring scalability and performance. Communication: Present findings to stakeholders, communicating complex technical issues to both technical and nontechnical colleagues. Continuous Learning: Stay current with the latest machine learning and artificial intelligence research, attending toptier conferences and communicating information across the team. Prototyping: Quickly prototype new ideas and technologies to evaluate relevance and performance. Inclusive Culture: Contribute to maintaining a culture of innovation, curiosity, creativity, and continuous learning within the team. What we are looking for Education: Masters degree in computer science, electrical engineering, robotics, statistics, mathematics, or a related field. A PhD is preferred, but can be substituted with relevant work experience. Domain Expertise: 2+ years in machine learning (in industry or academia) with published research papers and proven expertise in Imitation Learning, Reinforcement Learning or Representation Learning. Handson experience with foundation models at the intersection of language, vision, and action, such as multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs), VisionLanguage Models (VLMs), and VisionLanguageAction Models (VLAs). Experience with ParameterEfficient FineTuning (PEFT) methods, including LoRA, for adapting large models efficiently. Familiarity with transformer architectures, generative models and knowledge distillation techniques for realtime deployment in resourceconstrained environments. Proficiency in programming languages and frameworks relevant to machine learning, including Python, NumPy and PyTorch. Strong understanding of data analysis, mining and preprocessing. Experience with computer vision in areas such as SelfSupervised Learning (SSL), multimodal architectures, and posttraining techniques is a plus. Research Ambition: A passion for pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence and a commitment to publishing in toptier conferences and journals such as IEEE CVPR/ICCV/ECCV, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or similar. Interpersonal Skills: Excellent problemsolving, communication and interpersonal skills. Passion for Gaming: An interest in gaming and exploring the intersection of machine learning and game technology is desirable. Equal Opportunity Statement Sony is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All persons will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender (including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment), race (including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy, maternity or parental status, trade union membership or membership in any other legally protected category. We strive to create an inclusive environment, empower employees and embrace diversity. We encourage everyone to respond. xjdpvnf PlayStation is a Fair Chance employer and qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for employment. Seniority level Not Applicable Employment type Fulltime Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Software Development, Consumer Services, and Entertainment Providers