Principal Researcher - Advanced Technology Group

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Invent and create the next generation of AI-driven image and video processing technologies, focusing on image/video capture solutions with new sensors, camera signal processing, and 3D spatial captures.
• Set directions, identify projects, and build the next wave of image technologies in collaboration with Dolby's global research teams to support licensing and cloud businesses.
• Apply traditional image processing and AI algorithms to research in image delivery, analysis, and content creation technologies.
• Guide and mentor a team of researchers in image processing, computer graphics, and content enhancement, developing junior staff into independent researchers.
• Contribute to technology strategy and direction setting by partnering with global research teams and defining projects for AI-based technologies.
• Collaborate with Dolby's Business Groups to translate research into products, working closely with product managers, program managers, and engineering teams worldwide.

Requirements

• Ph.D. plus 8 years of corporate research experience in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
• Profound understanding and research record in image sensors, lenses, camera signal processing, spectral processing, 3D modeling, geometry, and calibration.
• Expertise in AI with a thorough understanding of state-of-the-art AI technologies, network architectures, deployment modes, data augmentation, and performance analysis.
• Knowledge of diffusion, autoregressive, or other generative models, self-supervised learning, contrastive learning, auto-encoders, and applications such as source separation, text-to-speech, music synthesis, image segmentation, captioning, question answering, and language models.
• Experience with game environments, graphical processing, consumer products, SoC architectures, embedded software, GPU/CPU implementations, and ML/AI algorithm validation.
• Demonstrated ability to create novel, patentable image processing, enhancement, and rendering technologies.
• Strong publication record in major image/video/AI conferences and journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML).
• Proficiency in C/C++ and Python.
• Experience in managing, guiding, and mentoring researchers, with a team-oriented work ethic.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills in English.

Nice to Have

• Knowledge of NLP and/or multimodal architectures.
• Understanding of source separation, text-to-speech, music synthesis, image captioning, question answering, and language models.
• Experience with graphical processing, consumer products, SoC architectures, embedded software, and algorithm implementation.

Qualifications

• Degree in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or Computer Science.
• Ph.D. with extensive research and industry experience.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary range of $230,500-$283,500, depending on location and experience.
• Bonus, benefits, and potential equity participation.
• Flexible work arrangements supporting where, when, and how you do your best work.