On-Device Speech & Multimodal Scientist

HushOne, Inc.; Kirkland (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Annual bonus

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

AI tokens

Gym membership

Referral program

Job summary

HushOne, Inc. is seeking a researcher or engineer to develop and adapt models for speech, documents, images and grounded interaction on-device. You will evaluate diverse accents, environments and accessibility needs with participant consent, under real device constraints.

In the first 90 days, deliver a bounded multimodal capability with clear limitations and a path to production. Collaboration across product and hardware teams is essential, with emphasis on practical evaluation and

Qualifications

• Research or advanced engineering in speech, vision, or multimodal learning.
• You can show how you distinguish apparent fluency from correct understanding.
• You work within real device constraints rather than assuming a server.
• You evaluate on realistic input, including accents, noise, and bad lighting.

Responsibilities

• Develop or adapt models for speech, documents, images and grounded interaction.
• Evaluate diverse accents, environments and accessibility needs with consent.
• Measure local performance and make capture, retention and activation behavior understandable.
• Design evaluation for a voice-controlled task in a shared room.

Skills

On-device multimodal research

Speech/vision learning

Evaluation under real device limits

Distinguish fluency from understanding

Job description

HushOne, Inc. is seeking a researcher or engineer to develop and adapt models for speech, documents, images and grounded interaction on-device. You will evaluate diverse accents, environments and accessibility needs with participant consent, under real device constraints.

In the first 90 days, deliver a bounded multimodal capability with clear limitations and a path to production. Collaboration across product and hardware teams is essential, with emphasis on practical evaluation and