24.1072, Jobs: Indonesian; Comp Ling; Phonology; Semantics; Transcription, Speech (ASR, TTS, NLP): Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google

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Subject: 24.1072, Jobs: Indonesian; Comp Ling; Phonology; Semantics; Transcription, Speech (ASR, TTS, NLP): Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google

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Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2013 18:27:59
From: Linne Ha [DataOpsMan at gmail.com]
Subject: Indonesian; Computational Linguistics; Phonology; Semantics; Transcription, Speech (ASR, TTS, NLP): Speech Linguistic Project Manager, Google, Jakarta, Indonesia

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University or Organization: Google 
Job Location: Jakarta, Indonesia 
Job Rank: Speech Linguistic Project Manager

Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonology; Semantics; Transcription, Speech (ASR, TTS, NLP)

Required Language(s): Indonesian (ind)

Description:

As a Linguistic Project Manager and a native-level speaker of Indonesian, you
will oversee and manage all work related to achieving high data quality for
speech projects in your own language.

You will be based in an office location in Jakarta, Indonesia, managing a team
of Data Evaluators and working on a number of projects towards Speech
research: ASR, TTS, and NLP.

This includes:
managing and overseeing the work of your team
creating verbalisation rules, such as expanding URLs, email addresses, numbers
providing expertise on pronunciation and phonotactics
building and maintaining a database of speech recognition patterns
creating pronunciations for new lexicon entries, maintaining the lexicon
working with QA tools according to given guidelines and using in-house tools

Job Requirements:
-  Native-level speaker of Indonesian (with good command of the standard
dialect) and fluent in English
-  Keen ear for phonetic nuances and attention to detail; knowledge of the
language’s phonology
-  Must have attended elementary school in the country where the language is
spoken
-  Ability to quickly grasp technical concepts
-  Excellent oral and written communication skills
-  Good organizational skills, previous experience in managing external
resources
-  Previous experience with speech/NLP-related projects a plus
-  Advanced degree in Linguistics, Computational Linguistics preferred
-  Also a plus: proficiency with HTML, XML, and some programming language;
previous experience working in a Linux environment

Project duration: 6-9 months (with potential for extension). This is a
contract positions working though a staffing agency and we cannot offer visa
sponsorship or relocation package.

For immediate consideration, please email your CV and cover letter in English
(PDF format preferred) with "Speech Linguistic Project Manager [language]" in
the subject line.



Application Deadline:  
	  
Email Address for Applications: DataOpsMan at gmail.com 
Contact Information:
	Linne Ha 
	Email: DataOpsMan at gmail.com 





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