Controllable Video Generation Researcher

Tencent UK

United Kingdom-London·Full-time·Posted 19 Jul 2026

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The role, as advertised by Tencent UK

Business Unit LIGHTSPEED STUDIOS is made up of passionate players who advance the art & science of game development through great stories, great gameplay, and advanced technology. We are focused on bringing next generation experiences to gamers who want to enjoy them anywhere, anytime, across multiple genres and devices.

About the Hiring Team Lightspeed Tech Center is a R&D department under Lightspeed Studios which develop PUBG Mobile and other high-quality games. Our Tech Center leads the research, exploration, and discovery of innovative technologies and provides technical services for all games during all phases of life cycle, including engine, audio, QA, AI, next generation game, technical cooperation, etc.

What the Role Entails

1. Design a multimodal controllable generation framework supporting various inputs such as keyboard, controller, trajectory, and voice.
2. Research high-fidelity generation under sparse control signals and explore the extension of conditional control paradigms in the video domain.
3. Achieve the decoupling and combination of trajectory control, camera control, motion control, and posture control.
4. Design dedicated control modules tailored to different game genres.
5. Develop video generation capabilities for multi-player collaborative control, ensuring low-latency response and inter-frame state retention.
6. Collaborate with the Engine/Agent teams to define standardized interfaces for controllable signals.
7. Drive the joint optimization of controllable generation and Reinforcement Learning post-training.

Who We Look For

1. Ph.D. in AI-related fields, focusing on Computer Vision/Deep Learning.
2. Proficient in conditional generation models and multi-player/multi-channel control technologies; familiar with the principles of diffusion models.
3. Project experience in camera control, trajectory control, or posture control.
4. Understanding of game engine input/output logic and frame synchronization mechanisms.
5. Proficient in Python/PyTorch, with publications in controllable video generation or conditional generation.
6. Experience in Game AI or game development is preferred.
7. Experience in real-time/interactive video generation projects is preferred.

Equal Employment Opportunity at Tencent

As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly believe that diverse voices fuel our innovation and allow us to better serve our users and the community. We foster an environment where every employee of Tencent feels supported and inspired to achieve individual and common goals.

This role at a glance

This is one of 23 data and analytics roles open in England today, out of 631 live games jobs across the UK, and Tencent UK is hiring for 26 other roles alongside it. The title doesn’t name a seniority, so it most likely sits at mid level — the posting’s requirements are the best guide to the experience wanted. Like most UK games roles it doesn’t publish a salary, and too few data and analytics roles do for a fair comparison. Our salary guide covers typical ranges.

Discipline
Data & Analytics
Level (from the title)
Mid-level
On gamesJobs since
20 Jul 2026
Other Data & Analytics roles in England
22

About Tencent UK

Tencent is the Chinese technology group behind WeChat and one of the largest games companies in the world, with stakes in or ownership of many Western studios, including UK-based Sumo Group. In 2022 Tencent Games opened a studio in Liverpool, initially housing members of its global production team.

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