Language Specialist Intern (Speech AI, in the USA)

What You’ll Be Doing

• Build speech training and evaluation data sets for Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) and text-to-speech (TTS) systems
• Develop WFST and Neural networks-based Text-Normalization and Inverse Text-Normalization
• Process data using internal MLOps tooling to scale model development
• Collaborate with engineers and scientists in data collection and development efforts
• Validate phonetic and semantic quality of data
• Write clear and concise documents (e.g. analysis reports)

What We Need To See

• Native or near-native fluency in a non-English language - Spanish / Mandarin / German / Japanese / Russian / French / UK English / Arabic / Korean / Italian / Portuguese
• Pursuing Masters or PhD in Linguistics or Computational Linguistics (or equivalent field with computational emphasis)
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. Python, bash)
• Knowledge of phonetics/phonology and ability to analyze/validate phonetic transcriptions in one or more of the above languages
• Experience with writing grammars and building FST and/or WFST rules
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills
• General background around version control and code review tools like Git, Gerrit.
• Strong collaborative and interpersonal skills, specifically a proven ability to effectively guide and influence within a dynamic matrix environment

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Strong personal interest in learning, researching, and creating new technologies related to foreign languages, linguistics, phonetics, phonology and language technology
• Feeling comfortable and motivated when working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment
• VPN is required to respond to a vacancy