French TTS Audio Engineer — Remote Contract

mercor; France; Remote; EUR 53,000 - 71,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) for a remote contract role focusing on French voice data. You will edit, clean, and QA large French audio datasets to support TTS and speech AI training pipelines.

The ideal candidate will have native-level French, strong editing skills with iZotope RX and Pro Tools, and experience handling high-volume datasets in ML workflows.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native French speaker with strong listening intuition for French speech nuances.
• Experience editing speech or voice recordings.
• Strong understanding of speech audio quality standards.
• Hands-on experience with iZotope RX and Pro Tools.
• Experience working with high-volume audio datasets.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

French language proficiency

Audio editing

Audio quality standards

Artifact repair

High-volume datasets

Tools

iZotope RX

Pro Tools

Job description

Mercor is seeking an Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) for a remote contract role focusing on French voice data. You will edit, clean, and QA large French audio datasets to support TTS and speech AI training pipelines.

The ideal candidate will have native-level French, strong editing skills with iZotope RX and Pro Tools, and experience handling high-volume datasets in ML workflows.