Senior AI Researcher

Location

Bangalore | India

Job description

• Dolby's research division is looking for an AI researcher to join Dolby's research efforts to develop the next generation of AI based audio and video technologies

• The candidate will work with Dolby s world-class audio and vision experts to invent new multimedia analysis, processing and rendering technologies
• As a part of an international team, the senior staff research engineer will work on ideas exploring new horizons in audio processing, analysis, replay and organization
• The researcher is responsible for performing fundamental new research, transferring technology to product groups, and draft patent applications

Summary

• Dolby's research division is currently looking for a talented, self-motivated AI researcher to push the boundaries of the state-of-the-art in audio and media technologies
• An ideal candidate would have a strong background in deep learning, both in terms of conceptual understanding, as well as practical experience
• A core aspect of this role involves being able to keep up-to-date with the literature, implement, and innovate with the bleeding edge in generative models, self-supervised learning, and multi-modal learning

Consequently, knowledge or experience in any/all of the following are helpful:

• 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

• Work 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 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, with a focus on deep learning. Knowledge in audio, video, or text processing is desirable.
• Strong publication record, with publications in major machine learning conferences (eg NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML). Publications in top domain-specific conferences is desirable (eg, 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. Creativity.
• Good communication skills.

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