15.3118, Jobs: Spanish/Phonetics: Lead Comp Linguist, Eliza Corp

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Subject: 15.3118, Jobs: Spanish/Phonetics: Lead Comp Linguist, Eliza Corp

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Date: 05-Nov-2004
From: Korinne Forgione < kforgione at elizacorp.com >
Subject: English/Spanish/Phonetics: Lead Comp Linguist, Eliza Corp., MA, USA


	
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Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 18:39:21
From: Korinne Forgione < kforgione at elizacorp.com >
Subject: English/Spanish/Phonetics: Lead Comp Linguist, Eliza Corp., MA, USA


University or Organization: Eliza Corp.
Job Rank: Lead Computational Linguist
Specialty Areas: Phonetics
Required Language(s): English & Spanish


Description:

You will be responsible for the design and implementation of functionally
complete libraries of linguistic resources (including grammars and
lexicons). You will develop grammars and dictionaries for use with our
state-of-the art speech recognition engine, and will lead the efforts of
other computational linguists.  Project management skills, such as the
ability to create schedules and judge schedule impacts, are required.
Experience in version control and configuration management for rolling
releases into production is also required.

Candidates must be native speakers of American English.  Candidates should
also possess skills in a second language, and be sensitive to the
requirements for linguistic analysis in other languages (e.g., Spanish).
He/She must be able to program in commonly used scripting languages for
research and statistical analysis.

Description:
This position is part of the ongoing expansion at Eliza. You will maintain
the Eliza recognition engines in multiple languages, beginning with English
and Spanish.  Eliza provides a dynamic, fast-paced, and results-oriented
environment.

 Responsibilities:
- Tracking and analyzing linguistic data from application deployments.
- Training, testing, and releasing new acoustic models.
- Developing word models and dictionaries.
- Testing new tools for word model development, tuning, and simulation.
- Versioning control/compatibility across multiple releases. Interfacing with
  Application Development, Marketing and customers.
- Opportunity for language-specific R&D work (e.g., Spanish).
- Documentation and reporting of progress to the CTO and the head of
  production team.
- Hands on technical leader, with both development skills/responsibilities
  and team mentoring/leadership roles

Required Skills:
- Experience in Linguistics (5+ years)
- Background in speech recognition
- Fluent in C# or C++
- Scripting languages (JavaScript, PERL, other)
- Expert user in Windows platforms
- Program/Project Management (3+ years industry experience)
- Bilingual in Spanish a plus
- Excellent trouble-shooting skills
- High comfort level interacting with sales, systems integrators, end-users, and
  software engineers
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a larger team
- Excellent organization, communication, and interpersonal skills

 Education:
- M.S.  in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science
- M.A. or higher in Linguistics with specialization in phonetics or
  computational linguistics


Address for Applications:

	Korinne Forgione
	100 Cummings Center
	Beverly, MA 01915
	United States of America

Application Deadline: Open Until Filled

Contact Information

	Korinne Forgione
	Email: kforgione at elizacorp.com
	Phone: 978-921-2700
	Website: http://www.elizacorp.com/

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