Senior Hearing Science Research Scientist - Psychoacoustics & Hearing-Aid Signal Processing

Must Have: Skills: Hearing science & psychoacoustics domain expertise Hands-on hearing-aid / hearing-assistive signal processing and fitting approaches Designing, running, and analyzing human-subject listening studies Nice-to-have Skills Speech-in-noise measurement and speech intelligibility enhancement Wearable / head-worn audio device experience; microphone arrays, beamforming, or spatial audio Publication track record in hearing science, audiology, or audio signal processing; prototyping in MATLAB/Python Job overview: In this role you will drive hearing-science research end to end: setting direction for your own studies, executing established research programs, and evaluating signal-processing approaches against human performance. This is a hands-on role. You will design and run listening studies, prototype and assess algorithms, and translate findings into direction for future hearing technologies.

Responsibilities: Trimmers — direct their own studies on this workstream, setting study direction to keep the program advancing toward NTI SIN on glasses — carry on already-planned studies, continuing execution rather than redefining scope Design and run listening/human-subject studies: protocols, stimulus design, psychoacoustic measurement Prototype, tune, and evaluate hearing-assistive signal-processing algorithms and fitting approaches Analyze data and communicate findings to research, engineering, and product partners; document methods for continuity 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 Document methods and results to ensure continuity and knowledge transfer across the team Minimum Qualifications Demonstrated domain expertise in hearing science and psychoacoustics Hands-on experience with hearing-aid or hearing-assistive signal processing (e.g., amplification, compression, noise reduction, directionality, feedback management) and fitting approaches Experience designing, executing, and analyzing human-subject listening studies Technical proficiency sufficient to independently prototype algorithms and experimental tooling (e.g., MATLAB, Python) Proven experience driving research direction independently with minimal supervision Preferred Qualifications Experience with speech-in-noise measurement and speech intelligibility enhancement Experience with wearable or head-worn audio devices Experience with microphone arrays, beamforming, or spatial audio processing Track record of publications in hearing science, audiology, or audio signal processing venues Experience partnering with cross-functional hardware and software teams in a product research environment