Phd Position in The Field of Auditory Modelling and - Oldenburg, Deutschland - Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Oldenburg, Deutschland

vor 1 Woche

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

What you will do

During this PhD project you will be working on hearing protectors of the future, which not only protect people from harmful noise, but enable them to communicate with colleagues and hear important sounds, such as warning signals.

Current hearing protectors considerably impair speech intelligibility and the detection and localization of acoustic signals. At the same time, novel and promising algorithms can, in principle, segregate individual sound sources for improved perception.

However, there is still a lot of research required to understand the impact of complex acoustic scenes and the effects of hearing protection and novel technologies on auditory situational awareness.

As a new team member, your task will be to research and develop prediction models for different aspects of auditory situational awareness with and without hearables.

Different technologies for improvement will be compared and evaluated.

You will be designing and conducting listening experiments in complex acoustic scenarios with different types of hearing protectors and hearables with normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners.

You will research, develop and validate different predictions models for speech intelligibility, listening effort as well as sound detection and localization.

Your experiments will also validate novel algorithms for improving speech and sound perception. As part of the PhD project, you will also document your work in scientific articles and conference presentations.

What you bring to the table

Very good knowledge in psychoacoustics, auditory models and/or audiology
Appreciative and respectful teamwork
Commitment, initiative and independent work attitude
Programming skills (Matlab, C, Python, or comparable)
Record of scientific publications according to the individual scientific work experience
Eagerness to tackle challenging problems with the research team
Fun to collaborate across disciplines, groups, and institutions
Strategic thinking and creativity to develop innovative solutions
Openmindedness and curiosity when dealing with customers

What you can expect

Challenging projects with high scientific and economic relevance
Work in a pleasant working atmosphere in an interested, interdisciplinary team
Cooperation with renowned, international partners and customers
Room for own ideas and their implementation
An excellently equipped technical infrastructure
Diversity and a cooperative atmosphere
New Work and a very good worklife balance through flexible working time models, cochild office and the possibility of mobile working
Very good opportunities for professional development and a strong professional network in Oldenburg's lively science scene

We want you to feel at home with us and therefore place great value on open, respectful interaction. We promote this through our onboarding program and by raising awareness of diversity and equal opportunities. All of this ensures successful teamwork at our institute.

The weekly working time is 39 hours. The position is initially limited to 3 years.

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 shape society now and in the future.

Technical questions:

Dr. Jan Rennies-Hochmuth

Phone:
Femke Grotelüschen

Phone:
Oldenburg Branch Hearing, Speech and Audio Technology HSA

Requisition Number: 65425
Application Deadline: 06/01/2023