Student Researcher (Speech Foundation Model - Seed) – 2027 Start (PhD)

ByteDance; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 68,191 - 97,120; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life insurance

Wellbeing benefits

10 paid holidays

Paid sick time

Housing allowance

Job summary

ByteDance is seeking a campus intern to conduct research on speech foundation models and related systems in a collaborative team environment. You will explore methods to advance speech generation, understanding, and multimodal modeling involving speech, language, or vision.

The role focuses on designing and prototyping algorithms, models, or system components while working with a team to shape research directions.

Qualifications

• Pursuing a PhD in a related field.
• Strong programming skills in Python or C/C++.
• Proven research track record with publications in relevant conferences.

Responsibilities

• Research speech foundation models and related systems.
• Explore methods to advance speech, multimodal, or related capabilities.
• Design and prototype algorithms, models, or system components.
• Collaborate with the team to advance research directions.

Skills

PhD candidature

Programming in Python

Programming in C/C++

Research track record

Education

PhD in CS/EE/Math

Job description

Responsibilities

• Conduct research on speech foundation models and related systems.
• Explore methods to advance model capabilities in areas such as speech generation, speech understanding, and multimodal modeling involving speech, language, or vision.
• Design and prototype algorithms, models, or system components.
• Collaborate with the team to advance research directions.

About the Team

The mission of the Seed Speech team is to enrich interactive and creative processes through the application of multimodal speech technologies. The team focuses on the forefront of research and product development in speech and audio, music, natural language understanding, and multimodal deep learning.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently pursuing a PhD in computer science, electrical engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
• Strong programming skills and solid foundation in algorithms and data structures, proficient in Python or C/C++.
• Demonstrated research track record with publications in conferences related to speech, audio, multimodal learning, or machine learning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience related to speech generation, speech understanding, multimodal modeling, or representation learning.
• Strong problem-solving ability and experience conducting independent research.
• Ability to collaborate effectively in a research environment.

Job Information

For Pay Transparency: Compensation Description (Hourly) - Campus Intern. The hourly rate range for this position in the selected city is $60- $60.

Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and the country work location. Interns have day one access to health insurance, life insurance, wellbeing benefits and more. Interns also receive 10 paid holidays per year and paid sick time (56 hours if hired in first half of year, 40 if hired in second half of year). Interns who are not working 100% remote may also be eligible for housing allowance. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.

Legal and EEO Statements

For Los Angeles County (unincorporated) Candidates:

• Interacting and occasionally having unsupervised contact with internal/external clients and/or colleagues;
• Appropriately handling and managing confidential information including proprietary and trade secret information and access to information technology systems;
• Exercising sound judgment.

Reasonable Accommodation

ByteDance is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://tinyurl.com/RA-request