Group Leader – Advanced Audio Research (all genders)

The group »Advanced Audio Research« is engaged in the research and development of advanced cutting-edge speech and audio technologies. The group focuses on developing audio codecs such as MPEG-I and state-of-the-art deep learning for audio enhancement. The team works closely with various groups and departments to explore a broad range of topics in speech and audio research.

• Team Leadership & Development: You provide professional and performance leadership to a team of eight researchers and developers, shaping a high-performing, growth-oriented culture.
• Creative Thinking & Experimentation Enablement: You encourage and support creative thinking and experimentation by creating opportunities for knowledge exchange and cross-disciplinary collaboration across the Audio & Media Technologies division.
• Ideation-Friendly Environment & Empowerment: You foster an environment where new ideas are welcomed, and team members are empowered to explore innovative solutions to speech and audio research challenges.
• Employee Skills Development & Potential Cultivation: You enhance and cultivate employee skills and potential through targeted development plans, coaching, and learning opportunities.
• Strategy Alignment with Audio & Media Technologies Division: You align the group’s strategy with the division’s objectives to ensure cohesive roadmaps and measurable impact.

• Leadership opportunity: A compelling management role at a global market leader in a highly innovative key industry.
• Collaborative culture: Dedicated colleagues with broad professional expertise in a personal and collegial working atmosphere.
• Career development and visibility: The opportunity to build your reputation and visibility both in science and in industry.
• Room for creativity: Projects with strong practical components motivate our employees to drive innovation.
• Top of the line infrastructure at your workplace: State-of-the-art hardware and software in a modern office space support a productive working environment.
• We value personal contact: With our structured onboarding process, you will quickly become familiar with our institute and be able to extend your network successfully.
• We take your needs seriously: We support your work-life balance by offering flexible working hours and hybrid work.
• Your goals and interests are important to us: We offer ongoing professional and personal seminars, coaching, and language classes.
• Equal opportunities: Our female scientists, for example, benefit from the »Fraunhofer TALENTA« career program.
• We offer complimentary parking spaces, charging stations for electric cars, covered bicycle parking, and showers at the institute.
• In-house health management, including sports courses, running groups, and relaxation seminars.

The weekly working time is 39 hours. The position can also be filled on a part-time basis with the preference, however, to have it filled as close to full-time as possible. The position is initially limited to 2 years with the aim to extend it subsequently. Appointment, remuneration and social security benefits based on the public-sector collective wage agreement (TVöD).

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. Severely disabled persons are given preference in the event of equal suitability.