Audio signal processing and coding supporting standardisation

Join the Intellectual Property & Standards Team at Philips

You will be part of Intellectual Property & Standards, a Philips business that optimizes IP assets and provides counselling to support innovation and new business opportunities – for Philips and others. You will join the “Digital Standardization & Licensing Research” department with presence in The Netherlands and the US. Within this group, we provide technology options for innovations in both the professional health and well-being, as in the consumer domain. We actively contribute to the creation of consumer and industry standards, and we further mature ideas and technologies in close collaboration with internal and external partners.

With this vacancy, we intend to strengthen our audio expertise in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

You will be part of our research team of audio experts.

Your role

• Drive the creation of novel audio codecs, including ideation, implementation, and evaluation of audio processing algorithms.
• Create standard essential patents within the framework of international standardization bodies, such as MPEG and 3GPP.
• Utilize test-driven design to ensure your implementations deliver the desired audio experience.
• Play an active role in the standardization of the audio codecs under development.

Your profile:

• PhD or MSc degree in Computer Science, Engineering (Software, Computer, Electrical, Electronics/Communications, etc.).
• Creative team player with experience in Audio Digital Signal Processing algorithm development.
• Pragmatic, hands-on researcher, exploring the merit of novel ideas within the context of audio standardization.
• Experienced in Python and C/C++ programming.
• Understanding of audio (compression) codecs is a plus (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 is preferable.
• Interest in active participation or supporting role within audio standardization bodies.

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, with a preference for up to 5 days per week.

About Philips
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