French Speech Audio Engineer for TTS Data QA

Mercor; Paris; Sur place; EUR 42 000 - 65 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Mercor is seeking an audio engineer to edit and quality-check French voice recordings for speech and text-to-speech applications. The role focuses on preparing high-quality datasets for ML systems, ensuring clarity, consistency, and technical compliance across large volumes of French speech data.

Native or near-native French fluency is required to accurately assess pronunciation, naturalness, and speech quality.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native French fluency essential.
• Experience editing speech or voice recordings (not music).
• Familiarity with speech audio quality standards and QA practices.

Responsabilités

• Edit French voice recordings for TTS and speech AI systems.
• Perform audio cleanup including silence trimming, breath removal, de-clicking, de-essing, and noise reduction.
• Conduct quality assurance checks for clipping, distortion, background noise, and level balance.
• Ensure audio meets strict technical specifications for ML training pipelines.
• Evaluate pronunciation accuracy, naturalness, and fluency in French.
• Work with large batches of recordings, maintaining consistency and throughput.
• Collaborate with teams working on French speech datasets, voice talent recordings, and model training workflows.

Connaissances

Native French speaker

Listening skills

Detail-oriented

Quality assurance mindset

Experience editing speech or voice

Outils

iZotope RX

Pro Tools

Description du poste

Mercor is seeking an audio engineer to edit and quality-check French voice recordings for speech and text-to-speech applications. The role focuses on preparing high-quality datasets for ML systems, ensuring clarity, consistency, and technical compliance across large volumes of French speech data.

Native or near-native French fluency is required to accurately assess pronunciation, naturalness, and speech quality.