Controllable Video Generation Research Intern (AI)

Location: Onsite in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company

Lightspeed Studios is hirify.global's game development business unit, creating games and researching technologies across engine, audio, QA, AI, and next-generation gaming.

What you will do

• Design multimodal controllable video-generation frameworks supporting keyboard, controller, trajectory, and voice inputs.
• Research high-fidelity generation from sparse control signals and extend conditional control paradigms for video.
• Decouple and combine trajectory, camera, motion, and posture control, including dedicated modules for different game genres.
• Develop low-latency video generation for multiplayer collaborative control with inter-frame state retention.
• Collaborate with Engine and Agent teams on standardized interfaces for controllable signals.
• Jointly optimize controllable generation with reinforcement-learning post-training.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in an AI-related field, with a focus on Computer Vision or Deep Learning.
• Proficiency in conditional generation models and multiplayer or multichannel control technologies, with knowledge of diffusion-model principles.
• Project experience in camera control, trajectory control, or posture control.
• Understanding of game-engine input/output logic and frame-synchronization mechanisms.
• Proficiency in Python and PyTorch.
• Publications in controllable video generation or conditional generation.

Nice to have

• Experience in Game AI or game development.
• Experience in real-time or interactive video-generation projects.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time onsite position within Lightspeed Studios' Tech Center research and development department.
• Work on technologies supporting PUBG Mobile and other high-quality games.
• Equal-opportunity environment focused on supporting diverse voices and employee development.