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Research Scientist IV
Onsite
Summary:
Our company is a leading research organization of world-class researchers, developers, and engineers, who collaborate to actively create a future where virtual and augmented reality become as indispensable as today's smartphones and personal computers.
The mission of the Virtual Reality Research Audio team is to engineer augmented audio that redefines human hearing capabilities. This will allow us to connect people by facilitating conversation in even the most challenging auditory environment.
We are seeking a contract applied research scientist specializing in building machine learning (ML) models that emulate auditory perception. This role is an integral part of our team, contributing to our research and development efforts. The ideal candidate will help us explore and understand individualized audio quality preferences and experiences, enabling us to tailor our technologies to meet unique user needs.
Responsibilities:
Preferred Qualifications:
Pay range is $69 - $74 per hour with full benefits available, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401K, parental leave, and more. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
THE PROMISES WE MAKE:
At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.
For more information regarding our Privacy Policy, please visit crystalequation.com/privacy.
Research Scientist IV
9845 Willows Road Redmond, WA 98052 US
Posted: 01/29/2026
2026-01-29
2026-03-10
Job Number: 41822
Job Description
Research Scientist IV
Onsite
Summary:
Our company is a leading research organization of world-class researchers, developers, and engineers, who collaborate to actively create a future where virtual and augmented reality become as indispensable as today's smartphones and personal computers.
The mission of the Virtual Reality Research Audio team is to engineer augmented audio that redefines human hearing capabilities. This will allow us to connect people by facilitating conversation in even the most challenging auditory environment.
We are seeking a contract applied research scientist specializing in building machine learning (ML) models that emulate auditory perception. This role is an integral part of our team, contributing to our research and development efforts. The ideal candidate will help us explore and understand individualized audio quality preferences and experiences, enabling us to tailor our technologies to meet unique user needs.
Responsibilities:
- Drive research on improved machine learning models for speech quality, run computational experiments and report findings.
- Implement ML models that emulate aspects of human auditory perception.
- Develop next-gen audio quality models.
- Independently implement ML training pipelines, models, and evaluation frameworks.
- Regularly report on project progress, dependencies and risks to stakeholders.
- Support research scientists and engineers within the team.
- Execute on applied coding tasks in support of the team's goals.
- Interpersonal and communication skills, with strong attention to detail.
- Proactive with ability to execute on multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Track record of communicating research on ML perception in an academic or industrial setting.
- Experience working in a fast-paced research and/or product development environment.
- Experience with Python or other scientific programming languages.
- Previous experience designing, training, and evaluating neural networks in Pytorch.
- Experience working in a high performance computing environment.
- Master's degree or equivalent experience in Computational Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Electrical Engineering, Perception, Experimental Psychology, Audio Engineering, Acoustics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Audiology or a related field.
Preferred Qualifications:
- PhD degree or equivalent experience.
- Experience with modeling audio quality.
Pay range is $69 - $74 per hour with full benefits available, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision/life insurance, 401K, parental leave, and more. Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on several factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
THE PROMISES WE MAKE:
At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.
For more information regarding our Privacy Policy, please visit crystalequation.com/privacy.
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