Research Scientist V

Our technology client is seeking a Research scientist to join their team.

Job Title:
Research scientist

Location:
Redmond WA

Pay Range: $75-$80/hr

Meta's Reality Labs Research Audio team is advancing the science of augmented hearing: technology that helps people hear better in the situations where hearing is hardest. We are looking for a Research Scientist with deep hearing-science expertise to lead and execute research programs in hearing‑assistive technology. 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.

• 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

• PhD in Hearing Science, Audiology, Auditory Neuroscience, Acoustics, Electrical Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical research experience
• 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
• Available to work onsite in Redmond, WA

• 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

• meta‑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

• Continued progress of meta‑trimmers toward its NTI milestones
• On‑schedule execution of the already‑planned SIN on glasses studies
• Quality and rigor of study design, analysis, and documentation
• Ability to operate independently and set study…