Finnish Speech & Audio AI Specialist

TELUS Digital AI Data Solutions; Pohjanmaa; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

TELUS Digital AI Data Solutions is seeking a Finnish Speech & Audio AI Specialist to evaluate and validate speech AI systems, ensuring natural TTS and accurate ASR outputs across Finnish data.

You will work with audio quality assessment, data preparation for training pipelines, and collaboration on voice AI projects, requiring native Finnish and good English, plus hands-on experience with professional audio tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Audio Engineering, Sound Engineering, Music Technology, Linguistics, Phonetics, Speech-Language Pathology, Computational Linguistics, or Computer Science (Speech/AI focus)
• OR 2+ years professional experience in audio production, dialogue editing, voice recording, podcast/audio post-production, speech dataset creation, or AI speech projects
• Native-level Finnish (C1/C2+) required for pronunciation and linguistic accuracy
• Professional English (B1+) required for technical instructions and documentation
• Hands-on experience with at least one professional audio tool such as Adobe Audition, iZotope RX, Pro Tools, Reaper, Audacity, Logic Pro, Cubase, or equivalent DAW

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI-generated speech (TTS) for naturalness, pronunciation, rhythm, tone, and emotion
• Identify transcription errors and linguistic nuances in ASR outputs
• Analyze audio using waveform and spectrogram tools to identify quality issues
• Provide structured feedback for model improvement
• Apply audio restoration techniques to optimize speech samples
• Prepare and validate speech content for training pipelines
• Review voice recordings for clarity, consistency, and technical quality
• Support creation and validation of high-quality speech datasets
• Perform audio annotation and labeling for dataset integrity
• Support TTS, ASR, voice similarity, voice generation, and conversational AI evaluation projects
• Contribute to quality assurance workflows for voice technology projects
• Document findings to inform model improvement

Skills

Finnish (native)

English (professional)

Linguistics knowledge

Audio analysis

Feedback documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in audio/linguistics/CS with speech/AI focus

2+ years experience in audio/speech projects

Tools

Adobe Audition

iZotope RX

Pro Tools

Reaper

Audacity

Job description

As a Finnish Speech & Audio AI Specialist in our Global AI Community, you evaluate and validate speech AI systems-ensuring machine-generated voices sound natural, speech recognition captures intent accurately, and voice AI models learn from high-quality datasets. Your work directly impacts millions of users' voice-based AI experiences.

What You'll Do

Audio Evaluation & Quality Assessment

• Evaluate AI-generated speech (TTS) for naturalness, pronunciation, rhythm, tone, and emotion
• Identify transcription errors, pronunciation issues, and linguistic nuances in speech recognition (ASR) outputs
• Analyze audio using waveform and spectrogram tools to identify quality issues
• Provide structured feedback for model improvement

Audio Editing & Technical Proficiency

• Apply audio restoration techniques to optimize speech samples
• Prepare and validate speech content for training pipelines

Speech Linguistics & Dataset Validation

• Apply phonetics and linguistics expertise to identify speech variations across accents and languages
• Review voice recordings for clarity, consistency, and technical quality
• Support creation and validation of high-quality speech datasets
• Perform audio annotation and labeling for dataset integrity

Voice AI Project Support

• Support TTS, ASR, voice similarity, voice generation, and conversational AI evaluation projects
• Contribute to quality assurance workflows for voice technology projects
• Document findings to inform model improvement

Qualification path

Mandatory Qualifications

Education / Professional Background

One of the following:

Bachelor's degree in Audio Engineering, Sound Engineering, Music Technology, Linguistics, Phonetics, Speech-Language Pathology, Computational Linguistics, or Computer Science (Speech/AI focus)

OR 2+ years professional experience in: audio production, dialogue editing, voice recording, podcast/audio post-production, speech dataset creation, or AI speech projects

Language Requirements

Native-level Finnish (C1/C2+) - Required for pronunciation and linguistic accuracy

Professional English (B1+) - Required for technical instructions and documentation

Technical Competency

Hands-on experience with at least one professional audio tool: Adobe Audition, iZotope RX, Pro Tools, Reaper, Audacity, Logic Pro, Cubase, or equivalent DAW

Working knowledge of: audio editing/restoration, noise reduction, spectrogram analysis, waveform interpretation, and audio quality assessment

Completion of subject-specific qualification assessment (practical audio/speech evaluation)

Identity verification (IDV) process - Required as soon as possible after application completion