Job position at BBC Research & Development

International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives; Salford; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

BBC Research & Development in Salford, Greater Manchester, is seeking an experienced audio researcher to lead the audio research program, heading up the BBC Audio Research Partnership. The role covers periphony, spatial audio, Ambisonics, recording, encoding, reproduction, and mixing, as well as room acoustics and related areas like source separation and music information retrieval.

The position is based in our new R&D laboratory at Salford Quays, with applications closing at the end of July.

Job description

Job position at BBC Research & Development

Submitted by Richard Ranft on Mon, 25/07/2011 - 19:38

A job advert has just been released for an experienced audio researcher/professional to lead the audio research at the BBC. The position in England also includes heading up the newly formed BBC Audio Research Partnership (http://bbc.in/nHvUUv (link is external) ).

"The initial focus areas include periphony, spatial audio and Ambisonics (including aspects such as recording, encoding, reproduction, and mixing), and the related area of room acoustics (studio design for 3D, living room influence on 3D). Other current research areas include source separation and music information retrieval (including automatic metadata generation)."

The position is located at our brand-new purpose-built R&D laboratory at Salford Quays, in Greater Manchester, and the deadline for applications is 31st July. I would appreciate if you could forward the following link onto anybody you feel may be suitable or interested.

Chris Pike
Research Engineer - Audio Team
BBC Research & Development