Job position at BBC Research & Development

International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives; Salford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sound and audiovisual archives is seeking an experienced audio researcher/professional to lead their audio research efforts at the BBC. This role will involve exploring innovative audio technologies while collaborating closely with the new BBC Audio Research Partnership, focusing on cutting-edge areas such as spatial audio and room acoustics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the audio research at the BBC.
• Focus on periphony and spatial audio, including recording and mixing.
• Oversee the BBC Audio Research Partnership.

Skills

Audio research

Spatial audio

Ambisonics

Room acoustics

Source separation

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