Research Engineer

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We're on a mission to hire the very best and are committed to creating exceptional employee experiences where everyone is respected and has access to equal opportunity. We realize that new ideas can come from everywhere in the organization, and we know the next big idea could be yours!

Are you passionate about audio generation? Adobe's Sound Design AI group (SODA) is looking for talented machine learning researchers and engineers to push the boundaries of audio GenAI. Join the team behind Audio Generative Extend in Premiere Pro beta, Project Super Sonic for SFX GenAI, and multiple AI models that have shipped in Adobe products.

We're a small, collaborative and efficient research team looking for highly motivated candidates of all levels with a passion for audio and video. If the prospect of productizing cutting-edge research into impactful tools for Adobe's creative users sounds exciting, this is it!

This is your opportunity to be part of a team with strong research and product impact that will support your growth. Join us in crafting the future of digital media in an environment that nurtures your talents and ambitions. Let's innovate together!

Job Responsibilities

• Develop cutting-edge audio GenAI with a focus on Sound Design AI (sound effects, environmental sound, ambient sound)
• Collaborate with extraordinary researchers to bring research ideas to production
• Develop and transfer novel technologies to Adobe products
• Research and develop novel large-scale foundation models in Generative AI
• Ability to convert a research idea/paper to code in Python

What you'll need to succeed

• Masters or Ph.D. in Computer Science, AI/ML or related fields
• Excellent communication skills and a great teammate
• Experience in state-of-the-art Generative AI technologies, such as GANs, diffusion, and/or language models
• Audio and/or video signal processing expertise
• Experience with large-scale generative model training, datasets, and infrastructure

Preferred experience:

• Industry experience in large-scale model training and deployment
• Working with product teams on technology transfers
• Good publication record in Computer Science, AI/ML or related fields

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