Audio signal processing and coding supporting standardisation

Job Description

As an audio coding expert, you will join our team of standardization experts, bringing in profound knowledge of audio processing and compression techniques. Within the dynamic environment of 3D audio standardization, you will propose, implement and test creative ideas. Based on your work, patents will be filed to bring new features to the 3D audio standards that are currently being developed. This role requires technical creativity, but also flexibility to navigate in a dynamic environment.

Your role

• Driving the creation of novel audio codecs. This involves the ideation, implementation and evaluation of audio processing algorithms.
• Creating standard essential patents within the framework of international standardization bodies, such as MPEG and 3GPP.
• Test driven design to ensure that your implementations deliver the desired audio experience.
• Play an active role in the standardization of the audio codecs under development.

You're the right fit if:

• PhD, or MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering (Software, Computer, Electrical, Electronics/Communications etc.).
• Creative team player with minimum 3 years of experience in Audio Digital Signal Processing algorithm development.
• Experienced in python and C/C++ programming.
• Pragmatic, hands-on researcher, exploring the merit of novel ideas within the context of audio standardization.
• Experience in participation/supporting role within audio standardization bodies.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of audio compression codecs is a pre (such as MP3, AAC, aacPlus, EVS, and more recently for immersive audio: MPEG-H and Dolby Atmos), AR/VR, audio rendering, acoustics simulation, speech cleanup.
• Affinity with the process of drafting invention disclosures.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. For our office-based teams, this means working in-person at least 3 days per week. Onsite roles require full-time presence in the company’s facilities. Field roles are most effectively done outside of the company’s main facilities, generally at the customers’ or suppliers’ locations.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve.