CareerPlan

Audio AI Research Scientist — Audio Understanding

US, MA - FraminghamFull-time$165k–$228k2026-11-03 → 2026-11-11
Based in United States

Core

Develop novel AI-powered audio processing algorithms for real-time deployment on physical devices to enable context understanding, dynamic awareness, and augmented hearing.

Role type

Research Scientist (Audio AI)

Builds

Real-time audio understanding models for consumer audio devices and automotive applications.

Domain

Audio technology / Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Audio understanding models (SELD, acoustic scene analysis), Deep Learning (PyTorch), Python, DSP, Data pipeline construction, Multimodal fusion

Preferred skills

Efficient inference (ONNX/TFLite), Embedded ML, C/C++, Causal ML

Responsibilities

Research and prototype audio understanding models; Develop methods for sound event detection and anomaly detection; Build datasets and evaluation protocols; Integrate models into proof-of-concept systems with DSP engineers.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC