Postdoctoral Researcher – Machine Learning for Signal Processing

The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 30,800 employees generate an annual research budget of 3 billion euros.

The Fraunhofer IIS »Audio and Media Technologies« division in Erlangen, Germany, has been making its mark on media digitalization for over 30 years, developing pioneering standards such as MP3 and AAC. The latest Fraunhofer IIS technologies open up new acoustic possibilities, with applications in virtual reality, automotive sound systems, mobile telephony, as well as broadcast radio and streaming.

You love finding creative solutions for tricky challenges? You are eager to make the successors of MP3 and AAC even better by using methods of machine learning and artificial intelligence?

Join the home of MP3!

What you will do

You will become part of a top team that develops new methods for enhancing audio coding formats that are already fantastic. We aim to improve sound, speech and audio coding, transmission, and light field technologies.

Interested? We are an interdisciplinary team looking to support career-oriented talents.

What you bring to the table

• A scientific degree in Electronics, Computer Science, Natural Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Media Technologies, Neurosciences, or a related subject
• Expertise in machine learning or signal processing
• Experience using C++ and Python
• Enthusiasm for scientific issues and scientific working methods
• English for working in an international team

What you can expect

Fraunhofer is not only the largest application-oriented research organization in Europe, but also a top-rated employer. How so?

• An exciting job at a global market leader in a highly innovative key industry.
• Projects with a strong practical component motivate our employees to drive innovation.
• Our dedicated teams offer freedom for your ideas and room for creativity.
• We value personal contact: With our structured onboarding process, you will quickly become familiar with our institute and be able to extend your network successfully.
• We take your needs seriously: We support your work-life balance by offering flexible working hours and hybrid work.
• Our colleagues enjoy our positive work culture: We are open-minded, we help and trust each other.
• Top of the line infrastructure at your workplace: With our state-of-the-art technologies, we develop solutions to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow.
• Talent development already starts in school: Our programs inspire young people at an early age to pursue sciences and foster creative junior scientists.
• Your goals and interests are important to us: We offer ongoing professional and personal seminars, coaching, and language classes.
• We offer equal opportunities: Our female scientists, for example, benefit from the »Fraunhofer TALENTA« career program.
• We offer complementary parking spaces, charging stations for electric cars and covered bicycle parking, and showers at the institute.
• We subsidize your Deutschland-Ticket (Jobticket) ‒ bus stops are located directly in front of the institute.
• In-house health management, including sports courses, running groups, and relaxation seminars.

The position is initially limited to 2 years, with the aim for subsequent extension. The weekly working time is 39 hours. The position can also be filled on a part-time basis.

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability. Appointment, remuneration and social security benefits are based on the public-sector collective wage agreement (TVöD). Additionally, Fraunhofer may grant performance-based variable remuneration components.

With its focus on developing key technologies that are vital for the future and enabling the commercial utilization of this work by business and industry, Fraunhofer plays a central role in the innovation process. As a pioneer and catalyst for groundbreaking developments and scientific excellence, Fraunhofer helps to shape society now and in the future.

Interested?

We look forward to receiving your online application (cover letter, CV, grade sheets in English or German)!

Claudia Kestler-Böhm
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
www.iis.fraunhofer.de

Requisition Number: 6365