Senior Research Scientist

San Francisco, CA - USA

Yearly Salary: $ 164600 - 313300

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Our Company

Changing the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos and apps and transform how companies interact with customers across every screen.

Were on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization and we know the next big idea could be yours!

The Opportunity

The Speech AI Lab at Adobe Research is seeking aSenior Audio Research Scientistto join ourspeech generative AI and multimodal researchefforts based inSan Francisco.
This role is ideal for researchers who staydeeply up to date with the latest AI model architectures and innovationsand are motivated to push them forward in real-world creative systems. You will work alongside a world-class team of scientists and engineers to invent evaluate and scale next-generation audio and speech technologiestranslating state-of-the-art research into products used by millions.

Our lab valuesindependent research leadership technical excellence and impact. We actively support publication at top venues collaboration with academia and rapid iteration from research insight to deployed technology.

Responsibilities

Lead and executeindependent researchinspeech generative AI audio modeling and multimodal learning (text and visuals) with a strong focus on modern large-scale model architectures.
Design analyze and advancestate-of-the-art AI models and training procedures including foundation models representation learning and generative systems for speech and audio.
Maintain strongtechnical currencywith the latest developments in model architectures optimization techniques data scaling and training strategies and apply them creatively to audio and multimodal problems.
Demonstratedeep understanding of both audio signal fundamentals and machine learning enabling principled model design and insightful experimentation.
Publish research atleading conferences and journalsand pursue patent protection for impactful innovations.
Build high-qualityresearch prototypesthat demonstrate technical rigor scalability and clear paths to product integration.
Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to ensure research outcomes translate intorobust real-world impact.
Provide technical mentorship and help set a high bar forresearch quality and engineering excellence.

Requirements

Ph.D (preferred). or Masters degreein Computer Science Electrical Engineering or a related field with a strong research focus inaudio speech and machine learning.
3 years of research experience in industry strongly preferred.
Proven track record ofindependent research contributions such as first-author publications or equivalent leadership in research projects.
Deep expertise in audio and machine learning including strong intuition for:
- Speech and audio generation
- Audio representations and modeling
- Training large-scale neural models
Hands-on experience withmodern AI architectures and training pipelines and a demonstrated ability to quickly adopt and extend new techniques.
StrongPython and deep learning development skills with attention to performance reproducibility and experimental rigor.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to clearly articulate complex technical ideas.
A clearappetite for real-world impact coupled with a commitment totechnical excellenceand high research standards.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several U.S. geographic markets and we pay differently based on those defined markets. The U.S. pay range for this positionis $$313300 annually. Paywithin this range varies by work locationand may also depend on job-related knowledge skillsand experience. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the job location during the hiring process.

In California the pay range for this position is $216400 - $313300

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In addition certain roles may be eligible for long-term incentives in the form of a new hire equity award.

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California:

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Colorado:

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Our CompanyChanging the world through digital experiences is what Adobes all about. We give everyonefrom emerging artists to global brandseverything they need to design and deliver exceptional digital experiences! Were passionate about empowering people to create beautiful and powerful images videos...