We are looking for a Product Linguist to develop and tune speech recognition systems for
deployment in consumer products. As this position will require working with multiple languages
outside of English, a strong knowledge of general linguistic theories is required. The successful
candidate will have a demonstrated background in phonology and phonetics and/or automated
speech recognition or machine learning. The candidate will also have a record of working
independently with strong time management skills, flexibility, and reliability.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop, review, test and improve linguistic components of speech recognition and synthesis
technologies.

• Design data collection protocol and evaluate and clean speech data for machine
  learning processes
• Participate in detailed investigations of voice recognition performance for
  customer and internal projects.
• Learn to use internal tools while maintaining expertise of Sensory technology
  offerings.
• Interact with customers to provide guidance on dialogue design, user interface,
  and recognition set makeup for optimal speech recognition success.
• Collaborate with software engineers, applied research scientists, computational
  linguists, and product managers on complex solutions for speech recognition
  tasks.

PRIMARY SKILLS / SPECIALITY / TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Strong background in general linguistic theory
• Experience or fluency with multiple languages
• Experience with audio tools such as Praat, SoundForge, Audacity, or Audition
• Ability to interpret and analyze a spectrogram.
• Strong command of phonetic transcription such as IPA, SAMPA, or WorldBet (preferred)
• Familiarity with command line functions and Unix/Linux.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years experience in computational linguistics or related field
• BA or higher in Linguistics or related fields such as Computer or Data Science with a
  focus on language.
• Professional experience scripting with one or more computer languages such as Python,
  Bash, TCL, or other.
• Excellent understanding of phonetics, phonological, and acoustic concepts
• Comfortable with version control systems, preferably Git
• Demonstrated ability in manipulation of large data sets, including transcription,
  annotation, and QA

PREFERENCES

• MS degree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Data Science/Computer Science
  with linguistics interest, or related field
• Proficiency in at least one language other than English (Korean, Japanese, Portuguese,
  Spanish, French, German preferred)

Job Code#  2301-GH