Senior Researcher

Flex Work

Dolby is looking for a talented Senior AI Researcher to join Dolby s research efforts to develop the next generation of AI based audio and video technologies. You will work with Dolby s world-class audio and vision experts to invent new multimedia analysis, processing and rendering technologies. As a part of a global team, the Senior AI Researcher will work on ideas exploring new horizons in audio processing, analysis, replay and organization. You will be responsible for performing fundamental new research, transferring technology to product groups, and draft patent applications.

Summary

• Diffusion, autoregressive, or other generative models.
• Self-supervised, contrastive learning, auto-encoders.
• Audio, image, or text applications Source separation, text-to-speech, music synthesis, image segmentation, image captioning, question answering, language models, etc.

Main responsibilities:

• Partner closely with other domain experts to refine and execute Dolby s technical strategy in artificial intelligence and machine learning.
• Use deep learning to create new solutions (including foundation models) and enhance existing applications.
• Push the state-of-the-art and develop intellectual property.
• Transfer technology to product groups and draft patent applications.
• Advise internal leaders on recent deep learning advancements in the industry and academia to further influence research direction and business decisions.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Computer Science or similar field.
• A strong background in deep learning, both in terms of conceptual understanding, as well as practical experience.
• Strong knowledge and interest in audio processing.
• Knowledge in video or text processing is desirable.
• Strong publication record, with publications in major machine learning conferences (e.g. NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML). Publications in top domain-specific conferences is desirable (e.g., ACL, CVPR, ICASSP).
• Good knowledge about current machine learning literature.
• Highly skilled in Python and one or more popular deep learning frameworks (TensorFlow or PyTorch).
• Ability to envision new technologies and turn them into innovative products.
• Good communication and collaboration skills.

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