Tailored Management · 6 hours ago
Research Scientist
Redmond, WA
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level
$86.10/hr - $86.10/hrTailored Management is seeking a contract applied research scientist specializing in building machine learning models that emulate auditory perception. The role involves driving research on machine learning models for speech quality and developing next-gen audio quality models as part of the Reality Labs Research Audio team.
ConsultingHuman ResourcesInformation Technology
Responsibilities
Drive research on improved machine learning models for speech quality, run computational experiments and report findings
Implement ML models that emulate aspects of human auditory perception
Develop next-gen audio quality models
Independently implement ML training pipelines, models, and evaluation frameworks
Regularly report on project progress, dependencies and risks to stakeholders
Support research scientists and engineers within the team
Execute on applied coding tasks in support of the team's goals
Qualification
Required
Interpersonal and communication skills, with strong attention to detail
Proactive with ability to execute on multiple projects simultaneously
Strong organizational and time management skills
Track record of communicating research on ML perception in an academic or industrial setting
Experience working in a fast-paced research and/or product development environment
Experience with Python or other scientific programming languages
Previous experience designing, training, and evaluating neural networks in Pytorch
Experience working in a high performance computing environment
Master's degree or equivalent experience in Computational Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Electrical Engineering, Perception, Experimental Psychology, Audio Engineering, Acoustics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Audiology or a related field
Deep Learning for Audio/Speech Processing: The role requires building ML models for speech quality assessment and auditory perception. The candidate must have hands-on experience designing, training, and evaluating neural networks specifically for audio applications using PyTorch (TensorFlow, Keras much less desirable)
Psychoacoustic & Perceptual Modeling Expertise: The candidate must understand how humans perceive audio quality, including concepts like speech intelligibility, listening effort, speech degradation, and noise noticeability. This is critical for building models that accurately predict subjective Mean Opinion Scores (MOS) and enable features like Conversation Focus to be evaluated computationally rather than through time-consuming user studies
ML Training Pipeline & Evaluation Framework Development: The role requires independently implementing end-to-end ML pipelines: data preparation, model training, hyperparameter tuning, and evaluation using metrics like MAE, Pearson correlation, SI-SDR, PESQ, STOI. Experience with HPC environments for large-scale training is essential
Preferred
Binaural audio processing and spatial audio quality assessment
Speech enhancement experience (noise suppression, dereverberation, speaker separation)
Experience with audio-visual ML models (multi-modal learning)
Familiarity with hearing science metrics (HASQI, HASPI, PESQ, POLQA)
Signal processing fundamentals (DSP, beamforming, acoustic measurements)
Experience with human participant research and perceptual data collection
Background in computational hearing science or auditory cognitive neuroscience
Benefits
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Company
Tailored Management
Tailored Management is a staffing and recruiting company that offers information technology staffing and recruitment services.
Founded in 2009
501-1000 employees
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Jeff Anderson
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