PhD Research Intern

Dolby Laboratories; Sydney; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Dolby Laboratories Advanced Technology Group in Sydney invites a PhD candidate to collaborate on a research project closely tied to the student’s PhD work. You will spend four months investigating a cutting-edge topic with Dolby researchers and have the opportunity to publish results at conferences or journals.

The paid internship runs May to September 2027 at the Sydney office, with relocation support if you are based outside of Sydney.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD at an Australian university.
• Anticipated graduation date after September 2027.

Responsibilities

• Define a project with your PhD supervisor that aligns with your research.
• Spend four months with Dolby Australia researchers on a cutting-edge topic.
• Publish results in a conference or journal when possible.
• Collaborate with a global network of Dolby researchers and creators.
• Internship runs May–September 2027 at the Sydney office; relocation support available for outside Sydney.

Skills

AI/ML applications

Data science

Python

MATLAB

XR creation

Education

PhD candidate

Tools

Max/MSP

Final Cut Pro

Job description

Who You Are

You are currently pursuing a PhD at an Australian university, reside in Australia, and have an anticipated graduation date after September 2027.

Who We Are

Dolby’s Advanced Technology Group in Sydney creates cutting-edge audio, video, and multimodal technologies that drive next generation experiences. Our interests are broad - interactive media using Machine Learning/AI, data science of media, cloud implementations of media processing and delivery, and explorations of audio-video content creation for immersive media such as XR.

What’s Involved

• We will work with you and your PhD supervisor to define a project that relates to your PhD, such that successful completion is not delayed by the internship
• You will then spend four months with Dolby Australia researchers investigating a cutting-edge topic
• We highly encourage publication of the results of your project in an appropriate conference or journal
• You will have the opportunity to work with a diverse global network of Dolby researchers, scientists and creators, and gain a solid understanding of industry-based research
• This is a paid internship based in our Sydney office, running from May to September 2027. Relocation support is available for those based outside of Sydney.

Technical Background

• AI / Machine learning systems, preferably with application to audio, video, text, and multimedia
• Human-computer interfaces and AI applications
• Multimodal / cross-modal representation learning
• Trustworthy and explainable AI
• Generative AI for media creation
• Spatial computing for 6DoF multimedia
• Multimodal and immersive audio and video creation
• 3D deep learning (including NeRF, Gaussian Splatting, etc.)

Example Project Areas

• Live events or sports
• Data provenance, attribution, and authenticity
• Controllable generation of audio, video, textual, or multimedia content
• Multimodal experience creation
• Future devices (e.g., smart glasses and holographic displays)
• Next-generation entertainment experiences in automotive

These points are examples. We are actively looking for new ideas, and if your research project does not fall precisely in the above categories, please still consider applying. For example, if you are doing a PhD in quantum computing algorithms with AI or a project that involves user interfaces with robots or Internet of Things applications - come tell us about it, because we are flexible!

Skills And Specialty Areas

We are interested in PhD research candidates from Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Science, Music Technology, Media Technology, or Media Content Creation. We are not prescriptive of skill sets, but it is useful if the research intern has ability in using appropriate tools e.g., a project in machine learning may require programming in Python or MATLAB, or a project in XR creation may use Max/MSP or Final Cut / Logic Pro. Most importantly, we are looking for the ability to creatively explore and design experiments to uncover new and interesting learnings in media.