Acoustic Engineer

Salary: £33,000 - 65,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong hands-on experience in acoustics and audio signal processing
• Experience designing and running acoustic experiments
• Proficiency in Python and/or MATLAB
• A Masters degree or equivalent experience in Acoustics, Audio Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with room acoustics, psychoacoustics, spatial audio, or acoustic measurements is highly desirable

Responsibilities:

• Design and conduct acoustic and audio experiments in controlled laboratory environments
• Perform acoustic measurements and audio data collection using advanced capture systems and prototype devices
• Develop data acquisition and processing tools using Python, MATLAB, or MaxMSP
• Analyse audio signals and collaborate with multidisciplinary research and engineering teams
• Contribute to innovative research through technical reports and experimental methodologies

Technologies:

• Matlab
• Python
• VR

More:

We are partnering with Meta Reality Labs to hire an Acoustic Research Engineer for a 12-month onsite contract at our state-of-the-art audio research facility near Cambridge, UK. We work on the future of audio experiences for next-generation AR/VR devices and Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, alongside some of the worlds leading researchers. The role is based in Cambridge, UK, with five days onsite.

last updated 33 week of 2026