28.2779, Jobs: Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology: Senior Speech Scientist/Programmer, Nuance Communications

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Subject: 28.2779, Jobs: Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology: Senior Speech Scientist/Programmer, Nuance Communications

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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:12:16
From: Chrystelle Haris [chrystelle.haris at nuance.com]
Subject: Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology: Senior Speech Scientist/Programmer, Nuance Communications, Montreal, Canada

 
University or Organization: Nuance Communications 
Department: Mobility
Job Location: Montreal, Canada 
Web Address: https://www.nuance.com/
Job Title: Senior Speech Scientist/Linguistics
Job Rank: Programmer; Scientist

Specialty Areas: Applied Linguistics; Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology 


Description:

Summary: 

The Speech Scientist will work on Automotive Professional Services project
teams that integrate and deliver Nuance state-of-the-art speech recognition
and text-to-speech products to embedded platforms for major automotive
companies. You will be closely working together with our customers’
integration teams to help them include Nuance technologies into successful
products in an efficient way. As a Speech Scientist in the Professional
Services team, you will be responsible for ASR and NLU performance analysis
and optimization of embedded and cloud recognition systems. You will work
directly with members of the project team and customer technical staff.

Responsibilities:

- Work with internal project teams and end customers to ensure best possible
recognition performance and user experience in deployed systems
- Analyze recognition system performance; identify areas of underperformance,
and optimize by improving grammars, statistical semantic models, and
recognition configurations.
- Deliver analysis results and recommendations to internal teams and our
customers.
- Develop methodologies, scripts, procedures that improve efficiency and
quality
- Define recognition system test plans and customer facing test reports
- Work with language specialists as necessary to resolve language dependent
questions or issues
- Provide input into the design of future product releases, working with
Product, R&D, and other groups

Qualifications:

- 5 years work experience without a Masters; 3+ with Masters

Required Skills:

- Demonstrated experience in large vocabulary natural language speech
recognition
- Strong programming skills with fluency in one or more scripting languages
(Python, Perl).
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills and ability to troubleshoot
issues
- Excellent written and verbal English communications skills and well
organized
- Ability to qualify, triage, and resolve recognition issues raised by
customers
- Highly independent and capable of fulfilling multiple project commitments
concurrently
- Work well in team settings in fast-paced environment
- Initiative and perseverance to deliver high quality work

Preferred Skills:

- Fluency in a second European or Asian language(s)
- Knowledge of a software development process (e.g. Agile)
- Experience in Data Science, or related fields
- Experience with linguistics
- Knowledge of machine learning algorithms
- Education: Bachelors or Graduate University degree in Computer Science,
Engineering, Cognitive Science, Computational Linguistics, Physics,
Mathematics, or related field

Additional Information:

In Montreal:

What we offer !

Unique environment for collaborative teamwork on cutting-edge technology:

Location is in the heart of downtown
Flexible hours
Transit reimbursement and parking
Contributing to and collaborating with international teams that drive
innovation

Competitive benefit package:
4 weeks’ vacation
10 paid sick days
Bonus Plan, Group RRSP, Deferred Profit Sharing Plan, Employee Stock Purchase
Plan
Award-winning Top Employer:

Canada's Top 100 Employers – 7 consecutive years
Montreal’s Top Employers – 6 consecutive years
Canada's Top Employers for Young People - 3 consecutive years



Application Deadline: 07-Jul-2017 
	  
Web Address for Applications: http://bit.ly/2sRQAgg 
Contact Information:
	Senior Talent Acquistion Specialist Chrystelle Haris 
	Email: chrystelle.haris at nuance.com 
	Phone: 514-228-9752 


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