[Corpora-List] Job posting: Associate Research Engineer (ETS, Princeton, NJ, USA)

[Aoife Cahill]

Job Description
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ETSs Research & Development division has an opening for an asociate
research engineer in the NLP & Speech Group. The Group currently
consists of about 15 Ph.D. level research scientists in areas related
to NLP and speech. Its main focus is on foundational research as well
as on development of new capabilities to automatically score written
and spoken test responses in a wide range of ETS test programs
including TOEFL(R)iBT and GRE(R).

BASIC FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
* Assist in the implementation of speech technology and natural
language processing (NLP) components of medium- to large-scale,
complex research projects for ETS researchers, testing program areas,
and external clients. Consult with research scientists in the
application, modification, and documentation of such systems using
established technologies.

* Work effectively in a team setting and take an active role in
contributing to team discussions and decisions.

* Analyze, design, modify, develop, document and implement
technologies for executing medium- to large-scale, complex Speech
technology and NLP research and development tasks. Identify unexpected
problems in the application of Speech and NLP tools, and develop
solutions.

* Consult with research supervisory staff on the development of
technologies for executing medium- to large-scale, complex Speech
technology and NLP research and development tasks. Contribute to the
implementation and support of new Speech and NLP methodologies to
support research system development.

* Assist in the preparation of NLP development components of proposals
and cost/resource estimates.

* Maintain continuing awareness of recent advances in speech and
natural language processing, machine learning, and software
development methodologies.

* Implement components of technical documentation of NLP software
systems, solutions and results.

* Attend area-wide staff training and development sessions.


Experience and Skills
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EDUCATION
A Masters degree in Computer Science, NLP, Language Technology,
Computational Linguistics, Linguistics or a closely related field is
required.

EXPERIENCE
A strong programming background, in languages such as Java, Python,
Perl, and C, and facility with computational algorithms are essential.
Coursework in statistics and experience in using machine learning
toolkits are highly desirable. Experience with speech processing
software (e.g. HTK, Praat, Matlab) is desirable.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge of UNIX and Windows computing environments.
Familiarity with UNIX tools and scripting languages.
Familiarity with algorithms, methods and data structures in common use
in the processing of speech and language data.
Excellent verbal and written communication.

APPLYING
Interested parties can apply for the position through the following website:

http://ets.pereless.com/careers/index.cfm?fuseaction=83080.viewjobdetail&CID=83080&JID=124339&type=True&cfcend

If there are any questions, please contact:

Dave Yanchuk (609) 406-5291 dyanchuk at ets.org

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