Sign Language AI Engineer: LLM Adaptation

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH; España; Presencial; EUR 16.000 - 21.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH seeks a researcher to adapt language models to sign language, covering data prep through model training. The role focuses on data generation and model development in a collaborative research environment in Spain.

The candidate should have background in deep learning, NLP, and software development, with experience in Python, PyTorch, and Hugging Face. Part-time, temporary position with 20 hours per week starting 1 Nov 2026.

Formación

• Knowledge of Catalan Sign Language at a basic level.
• Proficiency in Natural Language Processing.

Responsabilidades

• Generate synthetic data from textual or video data.
• Develop data augmentation methods for sign language.
• Integrate computer vision and language processing for sign language.
• Adapt LLMs for understanding, translating, and generating sign language.
• Develop a prototype translation system for the medical field.
• Master Transformer architecture and adaptations to LLMs (PyTorch, Hugging Face).
• Perform NLP tasks including tokenization and embeddings.
• Evaluate text generation models.
• Program in Python with PyTorch and Hugging Face tools.
• Work with Linux-based systems.

Conocimientos

Deep Learning

Data Science

Python

NLP

Educación

Academic degree in a relevant field

Herramientas

PyTorch

Hugging Face

Descripción del empleo

Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)- BarcelonaTECH seeks a researcher to adapt language models to sign language, covering data prep through model training. The role focuses on data generation and model development in a collaborative research environment in Spain.

The candidate should have background in deep learning, NLP, and software development, with experience in Python, PyTorch, and Hugging Face. Part-time, temporary position with 20 hours per week starting 1 Nov 2026.