Meta Reality Labs Research is focused on creating the future of virtual and augmented reality, aiming to make these technologies as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers. The Audio team specifically aims to create virtual sounds indistinguishable from reality and redefine human hearing, requiring advancements in audiology, hearing science, and related fields.
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience in MATLAB, Python, C/C++, or equivalent programming language
- 1+ years of experience in statistics and/or machine learning at the doctoral level
- 1+ years of experience in binaural rendering, spatial hearing, or signal processing
- Experience in human auditory spatial and speech perception
- Experience in real-time audio and audio algorithms development
- Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at relevant journals or conferences, e.g. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Association for Research in Otolaryngology (ARO), NeurIPS, ICML, IEEE MLSP, Acoustical Society of America (ASA), and Audio Engineering Society (AES)
Responsibilities
- Basic and applied research on perception and speech intelligibility, with a goal of solving problems in spatial audio and/or hearing assistance
- Communication of research agenda, progress, and full analyses of results
- Design and implementation of novel algorithms to solve audio research problems
- Experimental design, implementation, and execution to evaluate new audio technologies
- Collaboration with other researchers across audio and acoustic engineering disciplines
Other
- Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining, a PhD and in the field of Hearing Science, Neuroscience, Signal Processing or similar or a related field
- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment
- Intent to return to a degree-program after the completion of the internship/co-op
- Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment
