24.3115, Jobs: Comp Ling; Morphology; Syntax: Language Engineer, Nuance Communications

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LINGUIST List: Vol-24-3115. Wed Jul 31 2013. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 24.3115, Jobs: Comp Ling; Morphology; Syntax: Language Engineer, Nuance Communications

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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:40:49
From:  EMEA Jobs [emeajobs at nuance.com]
Subject: Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Syntax: Language Engineer, Nuance Communications, Zurich, Switzerland

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University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Job Location: Zurich, Switzerland 
Job Rank: Language Engineer

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Morphology; Syntax 


Description:

Job Title: Language Engineer
Role Type: Full time contract for 9 months
Location: Switzerland Zurich

Please send applications to:  emeajobs at nuance.com

Role Description:
The position as Language Engineer is within the Languages team in R&D TTS, developing and maintaining linguistic components for Nuance’s flagship TTS product “Vocalizer”.

As part of the TTS R&D organization, you will be contributing to the development of text-to-speech technology for all types of markets and platforms. Representative tasks will include:

-  Development of linguistic components for various languages and tasks, for instance:
(1) Text normalization
(2) Morphological analysis
(3) Syntactic analysis
(4)  Phonology
(5) Prosodic prediction

All of the above include both rule-based approaches as well as data driven methods.

-  Testing and evaluation of linguistic components
-  Development of new tools supporting development and testing
-  Responding to reported issues reported from deployed systems, analyzing, fixing and releasing.
-  Potentially managing projects of various scope and team sizes

Skills and experience required:
-  Basic scripting skills in python/perl/equivalent, computational linguistics, experience from language technology work
-  The successful candidate is a fast learner with an analyitcal mindset and a pragmatic approach to problem solving.
-  Experience from version control systems (e.g. hg, svn) a strong plus.
-  Strong programming / technical skills a strong plus.
-  Enjoying working in a team as well as driving individual initiatives.
-  Master’s in computational linguistics / computer science or equivalent

We offer a competitive compensation package and a casual yet technically challenging work environment.  Join our dynamic, entrepreneurial team and become part of our fast growing track of continuing success.  Nuance is an Equal Opportunity Employer.


Application Deadline:  (Open until filled)
	  
Email Address for Applications: emeajobs at nuance.com 
Contact Information
	EMEA Jobs 
	Email: emeajobs at nuance.com 





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