Research Scientist V

In this role you will drive hearing-science research end to end: setting direction for your own studies, executing established research programs, and evaluating signal-processing approaches against human performance. Education/Experience: 8+ years in hearing science / psychoacoustics and hearing-assistive signal processing, including independent research leadership (IC5 equivalent).

Title: Research Scientist V
Location: Redmond, WA
Duration: 12 months
Pay: $90-94/hr on W2

Summary:
***'s Reality Labs Research Audio team is advancing the science of augmented hearing: technology that helps people hear better in the situations where hearing is hardest. We are looking for a Research Scientist with deep hearing-science expertise to lead and execute research programs in hearing-assistive technology.
In this role you will drive hearing-science research end to end: setting direction for your own studies, executing established research programs, and evaluating signal-processing approaches against human performance. This is a hands-on role. You will design and run listening studies, prototype and assess algorithms, and translate findings into direction for future hearing technologies.

Job Responsibilities:
meta-trimmers — direct their own studies on this workstream, setting study direction to keep the program advancing toward NTI
SIN on glasses — carry on already-planned studies, continuing execution rather than redefining scope
Design and run listening/human-subject studies: protocols, stimulus design, psychoacoustic measurement
Prototype, tune, and evaluate hearing-assistive signal-processing algorithms and fitting approaches
Analyze data and communicate findings to research, engineering, and product partners; document methods for continuity

Must have skills

• Hearing science & psychoacoustics domain expertise
• Hands-on hearing-aid / hearing-assistive signal processing and fitting approaches
• Designing, running, and analyzing human-subject listening studies (onsite, Redmond)
• Light python knowledge

Nice to have

• Speech-in-noise measurement and speech intelligibility enhancement
• Wearable / head-worn audio device experience; microphone arrays, beamforming, or spatial audio
• Publication track record in hearing science, audiology, or audio signal processing; prototyping in MATLAB/Python

Education/Experience:

• 8+ years in hearing science / psychoacoustics and hearing-assistive signal processing, including independent research leadership (IC5 equivalent). PhD research experience counts toward this.
• PhD in Hearing Science, Audiology, Auditory Neuroscience, Acoustics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field — or equivalent practical research experience.

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.
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