Senior ASR Engineer - Remote Position

AI Data Innovations; España; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AI Data Innovations is seeking a senior researcher to advance automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems. You will design experiments to evaluate model quality, tune parameters, and study training data impacts. You will collaborate with engineering and product teams to translate research into enhancements.

The role requires a strong background in speech technology, NLP and ML, and at least 5 years of experience. Fluency in English and willingness to work across languages are essential.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in computer science, computational linguistics, applied mathematics, or related field.
• Minimum of 5+ years work experience in relevant area.
• Strong background in speech technology, NLP, and ML.

Responsibilities

• Conduct experiments to assess ASR model quality and parameter tuning effects.
• Identify, optimise and cluster training data.
• Analyse product usage data to identify improvements for ASR processes.
• Discuss ideas, progress and results within the research team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements.
• Stay up to date with advancements in the field of ASR.
• Improve ASR performance across multiple languages.

Skills

Speech technology

Computational linguistics

NLP

Machine learning

Statistical methods

Problem solving

English communication

Education

MSc or PhD in CS/CL

Tools

Python

Shell scripting

Linux

Windows

Job description

Principal duties and responsibilities

• Conduct experiments to assess the quality of ASR models and study the effect of different parameter tuning on speech recognition accuracy.
• Identify, optimise and cluster training data.
• Analyse product usage data to identify areas of possible improvement or enhancement of ASR processes, methods and techniques.
• Discuss and present ideas, progress, and results within the research team.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and deliver high-quality results.
• Conduct research and stay up to date with the latest advancements in the field.
• Improve ASR performance in multiple languages.

Knowledge, skills, and qualifications

Education: Advanced degree (MSc or PhD) in computer science, computational linguistics, applied mathematics, or a related field.

Minimum years of work experience: 5+ years

Required skills:

• Background in speech technology, computational linguistics, machine translation and/or natural language processing.
• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience with end-to-end ASR and language modelling, including training methods, finetuning, pruning, efficient representation, interpolation, etc.
• Solid understanding of machine learning principles, algorithms, and statistical methods.
• Good software engineering skills, knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. shell scripting, Python) and experience working under both Linux and Windows.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think critically and creatively.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English.

Preferred skills:

• Experience with generative AI/LLMs, prompt engineering and finetuning.
• Expertise in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, statistical modelling, information retrieval, deep learning, data mining.
• Fluent in a second, non-English language.