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The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft (www.fraunhofer.com) currently operates 76 institutes and research institutions throughout Germany and is the world’s leading applied research organization. Around 32 000 employees work with an annual research budget of 3.4 billion euros.

Fraunhofer IIS has become known worldwide for its significant involvement in the development of audio coding methods such as mp3 and AAC. Fraunhofer IIS audio technologies have already been licensed by over 1000 companies and are used in more than seven billion devices. With our contribution to the standardization and delivery of MPEG-H 3D Audio for the next generation television system and our contribution to xHE-AAC, we have once again proven that we are at the forefront of innovation. Our »Audio« department in Erlangen is working on audio signal processing.

You are interested in the latest audio coding techniques and have a good sense for music?
Then have a look at our offer!

What you will do

  • You improve the performance of a shallow neural network-based method for audio speech coding
  • You enhance the training dataset by carefully selecting suitable audio items
  • You improve the neural network topology
  • You upgrade testing and training scripts by replacing existing MATLAB code with Python

What you bring to the table

  • You are currently studying electrical engineering, information technology, informatics, mathematics, physics or a related field
  • You have excellent Python programming skills and basic skills in MATLAB
  • You have a profound background in audio signal processing and linear algebra

What you can expect

  • Flexible working hours
  • Open and friendly team work
  • Varied tasks with room for creativity
  • Exciting seminars and events
  • Networking with scientists
  • Active contribution in applied research
  • Interesting an innovative projects
  • Mentoring program »josephine®« for talented female students

Weekly working hours are determined by agreement. You can start from now on (as an intern for at least three months). You can reduce your hours before exams and increase them during semester breaks. You can flexibly determine the working days. After your studies, you have the option of working with us full or part time.

We would be happy to offer you the opportunity to write a bachelor's or master's thesis in cooperation with us in the above-mentioned subject area. The thesis will be assigned and carried out in accordance with the rules of your university. For this reason, please discuss the thesis with a professor who can advise you over the course of the project. 

We value and promote the diversity of our employees' skills and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of age, gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion, ideology, disability, sexual orientation and identity.

Interested? 

Apply online now (PDF: cover letter, CV, transcripts). We look forward to getting to know you! 

Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
www.iis.fraunhofer.de/en