Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) Engineer

We are seeking an ASR Engineer to join our Solution Delivery team. You will be part of a talented software team that delivers the latest in Conversational AI and Virtual Agent technologies, bringing advanced voice-driven solutions to enterprises across the world. 

As part of that team, you will be trained on Omilia’s Conversational AI platform and Speech to Text suite, working with cutting-edge technologies in signal processing and speech recognition.

Key Accountabilities:

• Audio signal processing. Corpus processing & management. Text normalization.
• Language modeling: Training, evaluating and optimizing language models for voice-enabled Conversational AI applications.
• Data augmentation for Language Models using various approaches including Generative AI.
• Phonetic lexicon curation. 
• Developing and optimizing acoustic models for various languages, environmental conditions, and channels.
• Analyzing performance and optimizing existing Voice Activity Detection (VAD) models.
• Working with individuals from diverse backgrounds to analyze requirements and customize the ASR solution for enhancing the application's performance.

Requirements

• Academic Degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computational Linguistics, Speech & Language Processing, related field, or equivalent experience.
• Junior Level Programming Knowledge, with a preference for BASH scripting;  however, Python, Java, or C++ are also acceptable.
• Familiarity with any of the following: Digital Signal Processing, Language and Acoustic modeling concepts for ASR, Machine Learning algorithms, Phonetics and Phonology.
• Comfort working in a Linux environment.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.
• Very good communication skills.
• Ambition, enthusiasm, and eagerness to learn, aptitude for analytical and creative thinking, with sharp attention to detail. 
• Well-organized for both team and/ or solo assignments.
• Accountable within demanding deadlines.

Nice to have:

• Experience working with ASR platforms such as Kaldi.
• Experience with speech analysis software such as Praat.
• Experience with voice-enabled conversational automated dialog systems. Experience in any other production-level ASR/NLU/NLP solutions will also be considered a plus.
• Familiarity with ML frameworks such as Pytorch.
• Knowledge of additional languages (preferably Spanish, French, and/or German).
• Familiarity with GitLab and Jira

Benefits

• Fixed compensation;
• Long-term employment with the working days vacation;
• Development in professional growth (courses, training, etc);
• Being part of successful cutting-edge technology products that are making a global impact in the service industry;
• Proficient and fun-to-work-with colleagues;
• Apple gear.