[Corpora-List] Associate NLP Research Engineer position at Educational Testing Service

[Higgins, Derrick]

The Natural Language Processing and Speech Group at ETS in Princeton, NJ is hiring research engineers to support the development of natural language processing and speech technologies for educational applications.  

Please see the full posting below for details.

Derrick Higgins
Research Director
Natural Language Processing and Speech Group 
Educational Testing Service 
Mail Stop 13-R 
Rosedale Road 
Princeton, NJ 08541 



ASSOCIATE RESEARCH ENGINEER, Natural Language Processing

ETS (Educational Testing Service), with headquarters in Princeton, NJ, is a global $1.3B not for profit organization.  Our mission is to advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, performing educational research and influencing policies that promote learning, performance, education and professional development. As a nonprofit corporation and an innovator in developing tests for clients in education, government and business, we are dedicated to advancing educational excellence for the communities we serve.
 
In this team-oriented role, the selected candidate will assist with the implementation of natural language processing (NLP) components of medium- to large-scale, complex research projects for ETS researchers, testing program areas and external clients. You will be offered the opportunity to consult with research scientists in the application, modification, and documentation of such systems and contribute to the implementation and support of new NLP methodologies to support research system development.
 
Be prepared to further assist in the preparation of NLP development components of proposals and cost/resource estimates, implement components of technical documentation of NLP software systems, solutions and results and regularly attend area-wide staff training and development sessions.

In addition to exceptional verbal/written communication skills, our qualifications include: 

*	Master's degree in Computer Science, NLP, Language Technology, Computational Linguistics, Linguistics or a closely related field
*	A strong programming background, in languages such as Perl, Java, Python, and C, and facility with computational algorithms are essential
*	Coursework in statistics and experience in using machine learning toolkits are highly desirable
*	Ability to maintain continuing awareness of recent advances in natural language processing (including speech processing), machine learning, and software development methodologies
*	Knowledge of UNIX and Windows computing environments
*	Familiarity with UNIX tools and scripting languages and  algorithms, methods and data structures in common use in the processing of speech and language data

We offer a competitive salary and excellent compensation package including medical, dental, vision, 403(b) retirement plan, life and disability insurance, paid time off and an employee assistance program. Please apply online at: 

http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=99822&type=&cfcend


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