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SA0186: Internship - Neural Spatial Audio Processing and Understanding
We are seeking graduate students interested in advancing the fields of spatial audio, room acoustics, physics informed machine learning, and scene understanding (e.g., sound source localization and spatial-aware captioning). The interns will work closely with MERL researchers to develop novel algorithms, record data, conduct experiments, and prepare results for publication. Internships regularly lead to one or more publications in top-tier venues, which can later become part of the intern's doctoral work. The ideal candidates are senior Ph.D. students with experience in some of the following: microphone array processing, physics informed machine learning, and 3D modeling in computer vision. Multiple positions are available with flexible start date (not just Spring/Summer but throughout 2026) and duration (typically 3-6 months).
The pay range for this internship position will 6-8K per month.
In addition to base pay, interns receive a $1,000 relocation stipend, covered travel to and from MERL, and a monthly Charlie Card for local commuting. Interns are invited to participate in weekly social gatherings and professional development opportunities, including research talks by both internal and external speakers.
Interns who meet the 90-day waiting period are also eligible for health insurance coverage. MERL provides immigration support for qualified candidates as needed.
Employment is considered “at-will,” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary or any other compensation program at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, departmental or Company performance, and market conditions.
- Research Areas: Speech & Audio, Machine Learning, Signal Processing
- Host: Yoshiki Masuyama
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SA0187: Internship - Sound event and anomaly detection
We are seeking graduate students interested in helping advance the fields of machine sound source separation, sound event detection/localization, anomaly detection, and physics informed deep learning for machine sounds in extremely noisy conditions. The interns will collaborate with MERL researchers to derive and implement novel algorithms, record data, conduct experiments, integrate audio signals with other sensors (electrical, vision, vibration, etc.), and prepare results for publication. Internships regularly lead to one or more publications in top-tier venues, which can later become part of the intern's doctoral work.
The ideal candidates are senior Ph.D. students with experience in some of the following: audio signal processing, audio source separation (music, speech, or general sounds), microphone array processing, sound event localization and detection, anomaly detection, and physics informed machine learning.
Multiple positions are available with flexible start dates (not just Spring/Summer but throughout 2026) and duration (typically 3-6 months).
The pay range for this internship position will 6-8K per month.
In addition to base pay, interns receive a $1,000 relocation stipend, covered travel to and from MERL, and a monthly Charlie Card for local commuting. Interns are invited to participate in weekly social gatherings and professional development opportunities, including research talks by both internal and external speakers.
Interns who meet the 90-day waiting period are also eligible for health insurance coverage. MERL provides immigration support for qualified candidates as needed.
Employment is considered “at-will,” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary or any other compensation program at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, departmental or Company performance, and market conditions.
- Research Areas: Speech & Audio, Signal Processing, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Host: Gordon Wichern
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SA0188: Internship - Audio separation, generation, and analysis
We are seeking graduate students interested in helping advance the fields of generative audio, source separation, speech enhancement, and robust ASR in challenging multi-source and far-field scenarios. The interns will collaborate with MERL researchers to derive and implement new models and optimization methods, conduct experiments, and prepare results for publication. Internships regularly lead to one or more publications in top-tier venues, which can later become part of the intern's doctoral work.
The ideal candidates are senior Ph.D. students with experience in some of the following: audio signal processing, microphone array processing, probabilistic modeling, and deep generative modeling.
Multiple positions are available with flexible start dates (not just Spring/Summer but throughout 2026) and duration (typically 3-6 months).
The pay range for this internship position will 6-8K per month.
In addition to base pay, interns receive a $1,000 relocation stipend, covered travel to and from MERL, and a monthly Charlie Card for local commuting. Interns are invited to participate in weekly social gatherings and professional development opportunities, including research talks by both internal and external speakers.
Interns who meet the 90-day waiting period are also eligible for health insurance coverage. MERL provides immigration support for qualified candidates as needed.
Employment is considered “at-will,” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary or any other compensation program at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, departmental or Company performance, and market conditions.
- Research Areas: Speech & Audio, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence
- Host: Jonathan Le Roux
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