PhD for Audio Signal Processing Research & Development · Lynge, Copenhagen Region, Denmark

Driven by the passion to improve quality of people’s lives, WS Audiology continues to grow as market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.
Become a part of the Signal Processing Widex team in Denmark as a full-time PhD student and contribute to enhancing the auditory experience for millions around the globe.
Who we are
At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.

Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world. Our global company is a place where you'll be embraced as a crucial member of a community that values mutual support, cherishes a wide range of perspectives, and commemorates our accomplishments together.

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The Team
The department of Signal Processing in Lynge consist of +20 enthusiastic and highly skilled specialists working on a multitude of different topics all around Audio Signal Processing.

The culture in the department is focused on teamwork, creativity, agile teams, as well as being able to be creative and continuously come up with new ideas. The team brings together a variety of backgrounds, thriving in an environment that balances casual interaction with professional conduct. We are enthusiastic about signal processing aspects including the processing of the microphone signals in the hearing aids to generate an output signal which allows people to communicate in noisy situations despite their hearing loss.

As a department, we are working in an agile way across a wide range of areas such as developing new algorithms, neural networks, detection algorithms, and much more. Our hearing aids are renowned for their quality with emphasis on delivering clear and natural sound as well as pushing the envelope by being first-movers and bringing new innovations to the market.

Our goal is to make a significant contribution to our business, and to illustrate this commitment, you will have the opportunity to collaborate with our Scientific Audiology team, which includes fellow PhD candidates, scientists, and researchers. Being a PhD Student at WS Audiology you will become part of an internal science network across R&D of PhD students and researchers. The approach encourages joint efforts and the distribution of expertise to improve the Wonderful Sound accessible to all.

The Role
In the role of PhD student within our Signal Processing Widex department, your main responsibility will be to carry out research related to signal processing as it applies to hearing aid advancements. The purpose is to investigate new areas of study and to gain a PhD in conjunction with a well-respected research ensemble at a university in Denmark.

As part of being enrolled at a Danish university, you will get access to a solid academic foundation and be part of their strong audio signal processing research environment. You will spend time at the university, and both the university and WS Audiology will support you in getting a good network among other PhD Students.

You can expect to have a leading researcher within the area as supervisor from a Danish university, as well as a supervisor from our Signal Processing Widex team, and co-supervisor from our Scientific Audiology team within WS Audiology all with goal of supporting a positive research and business impact.

As part of your daily work, you will have access to great and knowledgeable colleagues and audio test labs.

As part of the PhD program, you will be able to publish your work and attend conferences to both share your research and expand your knowledge.

The specific research focus will be finally determined in collaboration with you to ensure match with your competences and interests. However, the focus will be within the broad spectrum of Audio Signal Processing by researching into areas like; Audio Scene Analysis, speaker tracking/detection, methods for speech enhancement and improving speech intelligibility in noisy environment, always with the goal of improving the health and well-being of the hearing aid user.

About You
In the role of our new PhD Student, you are expected to meet the following criteria:

• You bring technical knowledge within the areas of signal processing, or a complementary field e.g. within control theory, machine learning or neural networks. You might also bring knowledge in audiology or
• You are committed to the invention of solutions with real-world applications, grounded in your scholarly research in Audio Signal Processing, and you welcome the interaction with peers from different departments.
• Your communication skills contribute to a collaborative environment where ideas and knowledge are shared, working ffer include an advantageous pension scheme with health insurance, sports and arts club as well as good canteen facilities.Our Danish headquarter, is a CO2 friendly and modern facility with beautiful surroundings close to Allerød north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

To summarize, we are hoping to see the following qualifications in you:

• Master’s Degree within field related to signal processing, e.g. Electrical engineering, Biomedical engineering, Software engineering, Control Theory, Machine Learning, etc.
• Like the combination of research and the problem-based method to reach the best possible solutions.
• Have been using MATLAB or Python for implementing signal processing algorithms.

The corporate language is English, so you need to have professional proficiency in English both verbally and in writing.

What we would like to offer you
WS Audiology offers a casual work setting where colleagues are proficient and cooperative. Our principles emphasize the importance of uniting skills from different sectors to reach influential achievements. If you can see yourself in those values, you will fit right in.

The benefits we can offer include an advantageous pension scheme with health insurance, sports and arts club as well as good canteen facilities.

Our Danish headquarter, is a CO2 friendly and modern facility with beautiful surroundings close to Allerød north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Sounds wonderful? Join us
Please submit your CV as soon as possible. We will screen and invite candidates for interviews on an ongoing basis. In case you have any questions, you are more than welcome to contact Anders Nikolai Christensen at [email protected]

WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.

Who we are
At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.

Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.

With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.

Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.

WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.

Department
Research & Development

Role
Platform, Systems & Audiology

Locations
Lynge, Copenhagen Region, Denmark