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Sr Staff R&D Engineer - Skywalker Sound
Walt Disney
Nicasio, CA, USA; USA - CA - Skywalker Sound-Nicasio
Source: Walt Disney careers · View original posting
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Job Posting Title:
Sr Staff R&D Engineer - Skywalker Sound
Req ID:
10127968
Job Description:
The Skywalker Sound Development Group is seeking a highly accomplished Sr Staff R&D Engineer (AI/ML) to lead the development of transformative audio intelligence technologies for global media production. This senior-level role is central to advancing our next-generation soundtrack platform, with a focus on speech processing, style transfer, upmixing, source separation, and generative audio synthesis.
You will architect, build, and optimize cutting-edge machine learning systems at scale—leveraging foundational models, neural vocoders, latent diffusion models, and advanced retraining workflows. As a core member of our applied R&D team, you will contribute to technical direction, collaborate across product and engineering, and deliver production-ready solutions that integrate seamlessly into creative and operational workflows for elite content creators worldwide.