Remote Research Scientist, Addressee Detection

attention labs; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

attention labs is building next-generation speech technology to separate overlapping voices and determine who is talking to the system. We are a small, globally distributed team with bases in San Francisco, Toronto, and Memphis, and we welcome remote candidates for the right fit.

As Research Scientist, Addressee Detection / Speech Separation, you will frame hard problems, run focused experiments, and turn results into deployable models while collaborating with engineering and product teams to

Qualifications

• Depth in speech, audio, or closely related ML area (research, industry, or both).
• Track record of taking hard modeling problems from idea to result.
• Comfort working with real, messy audio, not only benchmarks.
• Clear thinking and writing; explain tradeoffs to engineers and customers.

Responsibilities

• Advance approach to addressee detection and speech separation in crowded, real-world audio.
• Frame hard problems clearly, run focused experiments, and turn results into shipable models.
• Build datasets and benchmarks to quantify progress over noise.
• Partner closely with engineering so research works in production.

Skills

Speech ML

Audio processing

Research-to-product

Clear communication

Job description

attention labs is building next-generation speech technology to separate overlapping voices and determine who is talking to the system. We are a small, globally distributed team with bases in San Francisco, Toronto, and Memphis, and we welcome remote candidates for the right fit.

As Research Scientist, Addressee Detection / Speech Separation, you will frame hard problems, run focused experiments, and turn results into deployable models while collaborating with engineering and product teams to