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Lightricks (LTX) is building cutting-edge open-world models that help AI understand, simulate, and generate the world around us. These world models will power the next generation of creative tools, physical AI, product simulation, and new ways to build and interact with technology.
As a Senior Applied Researcher within the LTX Partner R&D team, you will bridge the gap between cutting-edge generative AI research and enterprise-scale production deployment. You will work directly with technical leaders and researchers at top-tier global enterprises, translating complex partner needs into novel generative video workflows and extending the capabilities of core LTX models. You will collaborate with strategic partners across VFX, animation, media & entertainment, real-time systems, physical AI, and robotics to turn state-of-the-art multimodal research into production-ready solutions impacting hundreds of millions of users.
Key responsibilities include:
- Partner Collaboration & Strategy: Work closely with researchers and decision-makers at client organizations to understand core challenges and translate business needs into targeted AI research projects.
- Applied Research & Prototyping: Conduct high-impact experiments, develop novel control mechanisms, and prototype state-of-the-art generative video, image, and audio concepts.
- Production Deployment: Partner cross-functionally with engineers, creatives, and product managers to bring enterprise-ready algorithms into production with focus on efficiency and runtime.
- Open-Source & Academic Impact: Publish research insights and contribute open-source code and models back to academic and developer communities.
- Code Excellence: Write clean, high-performance, and scalable code while maintaining best practices for research pipelines.
- Technical Leadership: Lead multi-group technical initiatives, mentor researchers and engineers, and guide collaborative projects from concept to execution.
Requirements:
- Education: M.Sc. in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or related field; Ph.D. preferred.
- Domain Expertise: Strong background in generative AI with deep familiarity in video generation, image processing, and multimodal architectures.
- Cross-Functional Experience: 5+ years of experience delivering technical projects across multiple cross-functional groups and external partners.
- Proven track record of originating novel ideas and executing rapid prototyping.
- Adaptability & Impact: Thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environment with strong passion for driving business impact and solving real-world user needs.
