Head of Experience Delivery Research

 

Join the leader in entertainment innovation and help us design the future. At Dolby, science meets art, and high tech means more than computer code. As a member of the Dolby team, you’ll see and hear the results of your work everywhere, from movie theaters to smartphones. We continue to revolutionize how people create, deliver, and enjoy entertainment worldwide. To do that, we need the absolute best talent. We’re big enough to give you all the resources you need, and small enough so you can make a real difference and earn recognition for your work. We offer a collegial culture, challenging projects, and excellent compensation and benefits, not to mention a Flex Work approach that is truly flexible to support where, when, and how you do your best work.

 

The Advanced Technology Group (ATG) is the research division of the company. ATG’s mission is to look ahead, deliver insights, and innovate technological solutions that will fuel Dolby’s continued growth. Our researchers have a broad range of expertise related to computer science and electrical engineering, such as AI/ML, algorithms, digital signal processing, audio engineering, image processing, computer vision, data science & analytics, distributed systems, cloud, edge & mobile computing, computer networking, and IoT.

 

What you’ll do

Sight and Sound play a large role in our day-today experiences. We believe data can play a huge role in making the experiences personalized and resilient. Data can also a big role in synthesizing experiences that otherwise could only be imagined.

We’re looking for a Data Science and Distributed Systems leader who is excited to advance the state of the art in technologies of interest to Dolby as well as the human society at large. Partnering and reporting directly to the head of ATG, you will lead a team of researchers driving data platform and data driven algorithms for ATG.

You will drive both short term and long-term research initiatives in areas such as artificial intelligence, machine learning & data mining, natural language processing, bigdata systems, information and data visualization, social & cognitive science.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead multiple research initiatives for ATG related to Data platform, visualization, collaborative, and immersive experiences in areas of social media, enterprise interactions, cinema, television, mobile interactions, and video games
• Develop long-term and short-term vision for the research initiatives and influence the global research leadership
• Partner with ATG leadership in attracting, mentoring, and nurturing research talent in wide variety of areas

Initiate New Research:

By nurturing and influencing the bottom-up ideas of the researchers

By developing new personal areas of interest aligned with ATG goals

• Collaborate with global leadership of ATG in developing key priorities and overall global research portfolio.
• Shape promotions and the career development process with global ATG leadership.
• Leverage various state-of-the art tools and technologies afforded by computer science, including Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Digital Signal processing and Algorithms to best shape the experiences.
• Assist and mentor ATG Research Managers in developing the research vision and goals and objectives for the upcoming year
• Provide thought leadership both internally (within Dolby) and externally (in academia and industry).

 

What you need to succeed

 

Competencies

• Invent & Innovate: Develop short and long-term technologies, algorithms and software tools that will help make Dolby a world leader in enhancing the sight and sound associated with digital content consumption. Then influence and collaborate with BG partners put the technology into production.
• Work with a sense of Urgency: Responds aggressively to changing trends and new technologies, and creates new algorithms to capitalize on them. Takes appropriate risks to be ahead of the competition and the market.
• Become a thought leader: Become the go-to person within ATG and across all engineering communities of Dolby’s business groups.  Develop deep expertise in areas to influence Dolby’s direction and ATG colleagues
• Collaborate: Collaborate with and influence peers in developing industry leading technologies. Work with external trend setters and technology drivers in the academia and in partner enterprises.

 

Desired Background

• Minimum 10+ years of research experience with a focus in Edge Computing and Distributed Systems, working with and influencing both technology and business leaders.
• PhD, Computer Science, or related areas
• Strong publication record in top-tier conferences in one or multiple of the following area