Senior Research Scientist — Hearing Science & Augmented Audio

Experis Austria; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Meta’s Reality Labs Research Audio team is seeking a Research Scientist to lead end-to-end hearing-science research and develop hearing‑assistive technology. You will design listening studies, prototype algorithms in MATLAB/Python, and collaborate with hardware, software, and research counterparts in Redmond.

The role emphasizes hands-on experimentation, independent study direction, and translating scientific findings into product requirements for future hearing solutions.

Qualifications

• PhD in Hearing Science, Audiology, Auditory Neuroscience, Acoustics, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical research experience.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive research direction for hearing-science programs, independently scoping and executing studies that advance hearing-assistive technology
• Execute established research plans through design, data collection, analysis, and reporting
• Design and run listening experiments and human-subject studies, including participant protocols, stimulus design, and psychoacoustic measurement
• Prototype, tune, and evaluate hearing-assistive signal-processing algorithms and fitting approaches
• Analyze experimental data and communicate findings clearly to research, engineering, and product partners
• Collaborate onsite with audio researchers, hardware engineers, and software engineers to translate scientific results into system requirements
• Document methods and results to ensure continuity and knowledge transfer across the team

Skills

Hearing science & psychoacoustics

Hands-on signal processing

Human-subject study design

MATLAB

Python

Independent research leadership

Onsite collaboration

Education

PhD in Hearing Science/Audiology/Auditory Neuroscience/Acoustics or related field

Tools

MATLAB

Python

Job description

Meta’s Reality Labs Research Audio team is seeking a Research Scientist to lead end-to-end hearing-science research and develop hearing‑assistive technology. You will design listening studies, prototype algorithms in MATLAB/Python, and collaborate with hardware, software, and research counterparts in Redmond.

The role emphasizes hands-on experimentation, independent study direction, and translating scientific findings into product requirements for future hearing solutions.