Hearing Health Technologist

At Apple extraordinary ideas have a way of quickly becoming extraordinary products services and customer experiences. Sound is an essential and compelling facet of the customer experience. Apple has assembled an elite Acoustics team that enables our customers to experience music with delight communicate with clarity and enjoy elegant sound throughout our product Apple Acoustics we work with the utmost attention to detail directly impacting the design of products that millions of people around the world love!nnOur Hearing Health and Hearing Science teams drive the design development and integration of the next generation of hearing health features including the Hearing Test and Hearing Aid features on AirPods Pro. We are searching for a passionate engineer scientist or technologist to help take hearing health to the next level by designing prototyping and evaluating new audio algorithms and listening experiences.

Are you passionate about solving the cocktail party problem and empowering millions of people to communicate with ease in noisy environments Do you like to find innovative solutions to translate scientific knowledge into revolutionary products As a member of our multidisciplinary team you will apply your knowledge of hearing science and audio engineering to the design and development of next-generation featuresfrom the idea phase all the way to released products. This role involves an exciting mix of developing and iterating on prototypes designing studies analyzing data and integrating audio algorithms. Whether you are working with prototype hardware and acoustic test equipment or implementing state-of-the-art technologies to address hearing aid users needs you will have the opportunity to work across Apple to bring your ideas to life.

MS or PhD specializing in hearing science audio engineering acoustics human-centered design or similar. Intimate understanding of hearing aid users needs and hearing loss assessment foundations in human hearing: physiology auditory pathways foundations in acoustics and audio signal with objective/subjective methods for evaluating audio technologies and proficiency with data in high-level programming and coding such as Python or experience bringing concepts to user-facing features through definition prototyping implementation and written and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with multidisciplinary team members.

2 years of industry experience in hearing technology preferably within consumer of state-of-the-art hearing assistive technologies: features and -depth experience applying signal processing and machine learning techniques for audio enhancements in the context of speech communication or music with fundamental acoustic measurements (such as speaker and microphone calibration).nAbility to work independently to solve complex technical listening skills.