Job Description

Company Profile
Our client is a world-leading technology and service provider for identifying, managing and monetizing video and audio content. These technologies include digital media protection(e.g. content filtering), intelligence (e.g. media monitoring)and interaction (e.g. 2nd screen , smart tv). Services are offered to all major worldwide companies to help them control their content and unlock new revenue streams. Offices are based throughout the world, the current vacancy is based in Eindhoven (The Netherlands) with occasional travel.

The research team consists of research scientists with expertise in audio and video processing and research engineers with backgrounds in software engineering. They operate in a highly dynamic, technical and fast-paced environment that requires a client-focused, agile way of thinking and working. We focus on technical excellence in solving challenging real-life problems. In accordance with their growing business, they are looking for candidates to join our research team.

Job Profile
The responsibilities for the Research Scientist include:Developing new and enhancing current algorithms. Transferring new algorithms to the development team. Keep up to date with developments in the academic world with respect to watermarking, fingerprinting and related technologies. Provide technical consulting to the development and business teams. Looking for opportunities to strengthen the patent portfolio.

Essential Skills & Capabilities:
The preferred candidate will possess the following education, experience, skills and abilities:
Ph.D. (or M.Sc. with at least 3 year industry experience) in electrical engineering, computer science, or a closely related field. Background in signal, audio and speech processing
Background in psychoacoustic models, watermarking, and audio compression
Having golden ears is a plus. Experience with Matlab and C/C++ programming
Strong analytic and problem solving skills. Good communications skills
A proactive attitude and a drive to translate research into real, tangible products

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