Dolby Careers Multimodal Trustworthy AI Intern (PhD, Fall 2025)

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby science meets art and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team youll see and hear the results of your work everywhere from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create deliver and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that we need the absolute best talent. Were big enough to give you all the resources you need and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture challenging projects and excellent compensation and benefitsnot to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where when and how you do your best work.

The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is the research division of the company. ATGs mission is to look ahead deliver insights and innovate technological solutions that will fuel Dolbys continued growth. Our researchers have a broad range of expertise related to computer science and electrical engineering such as AI/ML algorithms digital signal processing audio engineering image processing computer vision data science & analytics distributed systems cloud edge & mobile computing computer networking and IoT.

Multimodal AI Intern Trustworthy AI

Who We Are:

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby science meets art and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team youll see and hear the results of your work everywhere from movie theaters to smartphones.

Dolby engineers scientists and researchers work on core technologies including Dolby Atmos and Dolby Vision. Our global teams share their talent and energy to enable the most immersive experiences that technology can deliver. Join Dolby and work at the cutting edge of the media backbone for the world of tomorrow.

What is the internship program

The Dolby U internship program offers impactful project-based work experience in a collaborative creative environment where you work with industry leaders. It is a great way to get exposure to cool technologies hone your skills and build a pathway toward full-time opportunities with Dolby.

Dolby Laboratories is looking for a self-motivated talented individual interested in applying their theoretical and practical expertise to the development of new technologies. The position is in the Multimodal Processing Team within the Advanced Technology Group of Dolby Laboratories. It will involve working in close collaboration with other research scientists/engineers/AI researchers in multiple locations.

Responsibilities

As a member of the Machine Perception and Reasoning team you will develop innovative AI algorithms designed to process audio and/or video data for applications in content watermarking model poisoning deepfake detection content attribution and related areas within trustworthy AI. Your contributions will help ensure the protection and traceability of audiovisual content enable accurate attribution for content used in generative model training and address other critical use cases in the field. This internship involves a direct collaboration with Dolby business partners (music labels and/or movie studios).

At Dolby everyone is invested in your success and strives to make it the best place for you to start your career. As part of your internship experience at Dolby youll get the following:

• First-hand exposure to Dolby technology.
• A diverse open and welcoming culture.
• Practical experience: get to be a part of real-world projects.
• Impact: your work will be used by millions of people every day.
• The potential to publish and/or patent your innovations.

What are we looking for in candidates

Along with your solid technical skills candidates should demonstrateproblem-solvingand analytical abilities goodcommunicationandcollaborationskills acuriosityfor how and why things work as they do and a passionfor audio video movies music or game technology.

Areas of Focus

• Multimodal machine learning and deep learning.
• Trustworthy AI.
• Adversarial machine learning.
• Audiovisual content analysis and enhancement.
• Multimodal representation learning.
• Generative AI for audio and video.

Qualifications

• Working towards a Ph.D. degree in Artificial Intelligence Electrical Engineering Computer Science or related field.
• Experience developing and training deep learning architectures.
• Experience working with deep learning architecture for audio and/or video applications.
• Research experience in trustworthy AI is a plus specifically in content watermarking and attribution model traceability deep fake detection and related areas.
• First-author publications at top-tier peer-reviewed AI conferences (CVPR ICCV ECCV NeurIPS ICML ICLR InterSpeech ICASSP etc.).
• Programming experience in Python and experience working with frameworks like PyTorch or TensorFlow.

• Ability to prototype quickly with adept critical thinking skills.
• Excellent communication skills and a team-oriented work ethic.

Eligibility

Working towards a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or a related field; recent grads within six months of graduation are also eligible to apply. Must be available to work full-time Monday Friday for 3 months between September 2025 December 2025.

Start date for the internship is as follows: (*note* this date is not flexible)

• Monday September 22 2025

The San Francisco/Bay Area base salary range for this full-time position is $57/hr which can vary if outside this locationplus bonus benefits and some roles may also include equity. Our salary ranges are determined by role level and location. Within the range individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors including job-related skills competencies experience market demands internal parity and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and perks and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

Dolby will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of San Francisco Police Code Article 49 and Administrative Code Article 12

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Dolby is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our success depends on the combined skills and talents of all our employees. We are committed to making employment decisions without regard to race religious creed color age sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin religion marital status family status medical condition disability military service pregnancy childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal state and local laws and ordinances.