Voice AI Engineer (ASR & Wakeword) – Hybrid/Remote EU

Sonos LLC; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Sonos LLC is searching for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in Paris, France. This hybrid position allows remote work alongside in-office collaboration. The successful candidate will join the Audio Machine Learning team, leading efforts in automatic speech recognition and wakeword detection.

We seek an individual with extensive experience in machine learning, skilled in Python and advanced speech processing techniques. The role includes mentoring, data strategy development, and collaboration across engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in machine learning for voice applications.
• In-depth knowledge of speech processing, especially ASR and wakeword detection.
• Experience managing the model development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design and train state-of-the-art models for speech recognition.
• Implement data strategies for training and testing.
• Contribute to technical direction for ASR domain and collaborate with teams.

Skills

Machine learning research & engineering

Speech processing

Python

RNN-T and Transformers

Education

PhD or Master’s degree in computer science or related field

Tools

PyTorch

Rust

C/C++

Job description

Sonos LLC is searching for a Senior Machine Learning Engineer in Paris, France. This hybrid position allows remote work alongside in-office collaboration. The successful candidate will join the Audio Machine Learning team, leading efforts in automatic speech recognition and wakeword detection.

We seek an individual with extensive experience in machine learning, skilled in Python and advanced speech processing techniques. The role includes mentoring, data strategy development, and collaboration across engineering teams.