Immersive Audio Engineer for Dolby Atmos & R&D

Universal Music Group UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Universal Music Group UK is seeking an Audio Engineer to join our Content and Signal Processing R&D team in London. This hands-on role focuses on post-production engineering, preparing, editing, delivering and evaluating releases in stereo and immersive formats, with exposure to cutting-edge audio tools.

The ideal candidate has at least three years of professional experience in audio engineering, strong knowledge of music production and proficiency in Pro Tools, plus a creative, precise mindset

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of professional experience in audio engineering.
• Deep understanding of music production, recording, mixing and mastering.
• Strong foundation in digital audio, signal processing, psychoacoustics and spatial audio.
• Experience with immersive formats including Dolby Atmos.
• Excellent proficiency in DAWs, particularly Pro Tools.
• Experience with audio tools like source separation and adaptive processing.
• Excellent critical listening skills.

Responsibilities

• Apply advanced audio engineering techniques to deliver high-quality outputs for commercial releases
• Conduct and evaluate test mixes in stereo and immersive formats to evaluate new tools, workflows and processing approaches
• Assess AI and signal processing model outputs through structured critical listening and technical analysis
• Design and run listening tests, both formal (e.g. MUSHRA) and informal
• Create and curate high-quality audio datasets to support model training, validation, and benchmarking
• Collaborate closely with internal audio engineering teams to gather feedback and support product deployment
• Clearly communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Contribute to iterative product development through structured experimentation, documentation and feedback
• Develop, implement and maintain audio processing pipelines and automation workflows, including Python-based tools where appropriate

Skills

Audio engineering

Mixing & mastering

Dolby Atmos

Pro Tools

Critical listening

Signal processing

Immersive audio

Education

Degree in audio engineering

Tools

Python

C++

Job description

Universal Music Group UK is seeking an Audio Engineer to join our Content and Signal Processing R&D team in London. This hands-on role focuses on post-production engineering, preparing, editing, delivering and evaluating releases in stereo and immersive formats, with exposure to cutting-edge audio tools.

The ideal candidate has at least three years of professional experience in audio engineering, strong knowledge of music production and proficiency in Pro Tools, plus a creative, precise mindset