Remote French Speech Audio Engineer for TTS

mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; CAD 59,000 - 79,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a French-speaking Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) to edit and process French voice recordings for ML pipelines. This remote contract role collaborates with French datasets and model training teams.

You will clean audio, perform QA for distortions and background noise, and ensure pronunciations are natural and fluent to meet strict specs. Prior experience with iZotope RX or Pro Tools is preferred.

Qualifications

• Native or near-native French speaker with strong listening intuition.
• Experience editing speech or voice recordings.
• Hands-on experience with iZotope RX and Pro Tools.

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 listening

Speech editing

Audio QA

Artifacts correction

High-volume datasets

Tools

iZotope RX

Pro Tools

Job description

Mercor is seeking a French-speaking Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) to edit and process French voice recordings for ML pipelines. This remote contract role collaborates with French datasets and model training teams.

You will clean audio, perform QA for distortions and background noise, and ensure pronunciations are natural and fluent to meet strict specs. Prior experience with iZotope RX or Pro Tools is preferred.