Sr Staff R&D Engineer
Location
Nicasio, CA
Job Type
Full-time
Category
other-general
Posted
June 15, 2026
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.
_This role is considered Hybrid, which means the employee will work onsite in our Nicasio, CA office an...
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.
_This role is considered Hybrid, which means the employee will work onsite in our Nicasio, CA office an...