Research Audiologist
Redmond, WA
Full Time
Experienced
Company Overview
Located in Redmond, Washington, CAD- Based Solutions was founded in 1997 to provide complete product development and engineering services to a range of clients from small start-ups to Fortune Global 500 companies.
Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced Research Audiologist to support a fast-moving applied-research organization to support a major client on-site in the Redmond, Washington area. This role based in Redmond, WA, embedded with research scientists and engineers advancing next-generation hearing-enhancement technology.
Role Summary
The Research Audiologist is in-person and applies clinical audiology and psychoacoustics expertise to hearing research. The role covers designing and running listening studies, assessing and fitting participants, keeping data quality high, and turning audiological insight into research and product direction.Key Responsibilities
- Design and conduct listening experiments, user evaluations, and other hearing and audio studies, drawing on current literature and clinical and psychoacoustic principles.
- Perform audiological assessments, hearing screenings, and device fitting and verification.
- Develop self-fitting and gain-customization paradigms, including user interfaces for participant-driven adjustment.
- Manage participant recruitment, scheduling, consent, and protocol adherence.
- Collect, verify, analyze, and document data, and support data-quality and annotation workflows.
- Communicate findings and literature insights through reviews, readouts, and cross-functional planning.
- Flag problems, risks, and blockers early, and document decisions and action items.
Required Qualifications
- Doctorate in Audiology (AuD or MA), plus 2 or more years of clinical or research experience.
- Current WA audiology licensure/certification.
- Experience with audiological testing equipment, hearing-device fitting, and verification using best practices.
- Familiarity with speech-in-noise perception, spectral weighting, and masking paradigms.
- Experience with subclinical hearing measures (MEMR, ECoG, extended high-frequency audiometry).
- Familiarity with hearing-enhancement or assistive technology
- Strong examples of independence and taking initiative on projects
- Efficient and effective communication skills with ability to adapt communication style and channel to fit the situation
Preferred Qualifications
- Research experience in hearing-aid self-fitting / self-adjustment or gain customization.
- Experience designing and running listening or psychoacoustic studies with human participants, including protocol writing and data collection.
- Translates clinical, psychoacoustic, and statistical concepts into clear actions for scientists, engineers, and leadership.
- Experimental design, statistical analysis (e.g., linear mixed-effects models), and/or machine learning.
- Writes concise protocols, data summaries, and readouts that state the finding and recommendation first, then supporting detail.
- Publication or applied-research track record in hearing science.
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