Senior Manager - Multimodal AI Research

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, you’ll 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.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in Dolby's new R&D Center in Bangalore as a  Senior Research Manager  in our Advanced Technology Group " ATG ", the research and technology arm of Dolby Labs. With multiple competencies that innovate on technologies in audio, video, AR / VR, gaming, music, broadcast and user-generated content, areas of expertise related to computer science and electrical engineering, such as AI / ML, computer vision, data science & analytics, distributed systems, cloud, edge & mobile computing, natural language processing, social network analysis, and computer graphics are highly relevant to our research.

What you’ll do :

As a Senior Research Manager within Dolby ATG research, you will focus on three key areas of expertise :

• State-of the art, cutting edge, hands-on research :
• As a researcher, you will invent and develop the next generation of AI based multimodal image, audio, and speech technologies.
• With an in-depth understanding of the latest AI technologies and a good understanding of audio / video technologies, you will explore the applications of AI to the delivery, analysis, and creation of multimedia technologies including video and audio enhancement, analysis, classification, and separation. You will create technologies for the next generation of Dolby’s offerings.
• Managing, nurturing, and grooming top research talent :
• You will lead and mentor a group of AI researchers working in the application of AI to multimodal analysis, processing, playback, and enhancement technologies. You will work with your team as a coach and mentor. You are passionate about developing junior, highly talented staff into researchers that work fully independently in a corporate environment.
• Contribute to developing a dynamic, flexible, transparent, results-oriented and innovative working atmosphere.
• Technology strategy and direction setting :
• You will define and lead research initiatives that leverage cross-media intelligence and analytics, invent multimodal machine learning algorithms, and utilize a deep understanding of multimodal perception to develop the next generation of multimedia technologies.
• Jointly with Dolby’s world-class global research teams, you will set directions, identify projects, and build the next wave of AI based technologies driving Dolby’s cloud and licensing business.
• You work with ATG technology leaders to co-define projects and assign your staff to global R&D initiatives led by other technology initiative leads. Work jointly with upper management, lead resource and work allocation.
• You will also work with Dolby’s Business Groups (BG) to bring the research to life in many products, working closely with product managers, program managers, and BG engineering teams worldwide.

Education and desired experience

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