Senior Audio & Speech AI Research Scientist

Adobe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 187,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe's Speech AI Lab in San Francisco seeks a Senior Audio Research Scientist to advance generative AI for speech and multimodal systems. You will lead novel research, design state-of-the-art models, and collaborate with engineers to translate insights into products used by millions.

The role emphasizes independent leadership, rigorous experimentation, publication, and patent-able innovations, with opportunities to mentor others and influence product direction.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. (preferred) or Master’s in CS/EE with focus on audio and ML.
• 3+ years of industry research experience preferred.
• Proven independent research contributions (first-author pubs or equivalent).
• Deep expertise in speech, audio generation, representations, and large-scale models.
• Hands-on with modern AI architectures and training pipelines; strong Python skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute independent research in speech generative AI, audio modeling, and multimodal learning (text and visuals), with a strong focus on modern large-scale model architectures.
• Publish research at leading conferences and journals and pursue patent protection for impactful innovations.
• Build high-quality research prototypes that demonstrate technical rigor, scalability, and clear paths to product integration.
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to ensure research outcomes translate into robust, real-world impact.

Skills

Python

Audio modeling

Large-scale models

Research leadership

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering (preferred) or Master’s

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Job description

Adobe's Speech AI Lab in San Francisco seeks a Senior Audio Research Scientist to advance generative AI for speech and multimodal systems. You will lead novel research, design state-of-the-art models, and collaborate with engineers to translate insights into products used by millions.

The role emphasizes independent leadership, rigorous experimentation, publication, and patent-able innovations, with opportunities to mentor others and influence product direction.