Speech Audio Engineer - AI Trainer

mercor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 122,912,000 - 135,203,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) focused on German to join our remote workforce. You will edit German voice recordings, perform cleanup, and ensure data meets ML training specifications.

Ideal candidates are native or near-native German speakers with hands-on experience in iZotope RX or Pro Tools, and a track record of high-volume dataset work and quality-driven workflows. Remote, contract role with AI interview process.

Qualifications

• Must be a native or near-native German speaker with strong listening intuition for German speech nuances.
• Experience editing speech or voice recordings.
• Strong understanding of speech audio quality standards and common issues in recorded dialogue.

Responsibilities

• Edit and process German voice recordings for use in TTS and speech AI systems.
• Perform audio cleanup including silence trimming, breath reduction/removal, de-clicking, de-essing, and noise reduction.
• Conduct quality assurance checks for clipping, distortion, background noise, artifacts, loudness, and level balancing.
• Ensure audio meets technical specs for ML training pipelines.
• Evaluate recordings for German pronunciation accuracy, naturalness, and fluency.
• Collaborate with teams on German speech datasets, voice talent recordings, and model training workflows.

Skills

Native German speaker

Speech editing experience

Audio quality standards

iZotope RX / Pro Tools

Artifact identification & fixing

High-volume datasets

Tools

iZotope RX

Pro Tools

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) – German Type: Contract Compensation: $50/hour Location: Remote

Responsibilities

• Edit and process German voice recordings for use in TTS and speech AI systems .
• Perform audio cleanup including silence trimming, breath reduction/removal, de-clicking, de-essing, and noise reduction.
• Conduct detailed quality assurance checks for clipping, distortion, background noise, artifacts, loudness consistency, and level balancing.
• Ensure audio meets strict technical specifications for ML training pipelines .
• Evaluate recordings for German pronunciation accuracy , naturalness, and fluency.
• Collaborate with teams on German speech datasets , voice talent recordings, and model training workflows.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Native or near-native German speaker with strong listening intuition for German speech nuances.
• Experience editing speech or voice recordings .
• Strong understanding of speech audio quality standards and common issues in recorded dialogue.
• Hands-on experience with tools like iZotope RX , Pro Tools , or similar audio restoration software.
• Ability to identify and fix artifacts, inconsistencies, and technical defects in audio.
• Experience working with high-volume audio datasets or structured workflows .

Preferred

• Experience working with TTS vendors or platforms .
• Prior involvement in speech ML , voice AI , or dataset creation/annotation workflows.
• Familiarity with audio QA pipelines , labeling, or evaluation processes.
• Experience directing or editing German voice talent recordings .

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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