Senior Research Engineer ( ASR )

Your Impact

• Model Development: Design, build, and optimize state-of-the-art ASR models tailored for automotive applications, ensuring high accuracy and low latency in voice recognition tasks.
• Assess the performance of ASR systems in real-world driving conditions including diverse accents and languages, noisy on-road conditions to train and validate ASR models effectively. Ability to conduct thorough testing and validation of LLM-based features to ensure high performance, reliability, and robustness in real-world scenarios. Iterate on models based on empirical data and user feedback.
• Collaboration: Work closely with cross-functional teams, including product managers, software engineers, and UX designers, to ensure seamless integration of ASR features into automotive voice assistant systems.
• Research & Innovation: Conduct cutting-edge research in ASR technology, focusing on integrating generative AI and LLM advancements to enhance voice interaction capabilities in automotive systems.
• Stay Updated: Keep abreast of the latest trends and technologies in ASR, generative AI, and voice user interfaces to enhance the overall performance of our systems continually.

What you bring

• Master's or Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering, Linguistics, Applied mathematics or a related field.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in developing ASR systems, preferably for automotive applications.
• Proficient on machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch) and programming languages such as Python etc.
• Hands-on experience on speech processing technologies, familiarity with the challenges of speech recognition in noisy environments, particularly in a vehicle context.
• Proven experience with natural language processing (NLP), deep learning techniques and integration of LLMs (e.g., OpenAI's GPT, BERT).
• Prior experience with training and fine-tuning large language models using large-scale datasets and distributed computing environments.
• Working Knowledge of any cloud computing platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) to deploy and scale ASR solutions.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• Ability to manage tasks and deliverables for simultaneous projects.
• Ability to work well both independently and within a team.
• Strong Knowledge or Experience with generative AI techniques and their application in enhancing conversational AI systems (Preferred).
• Familiarity with automotive standards and protocols (Preferred).

Qualification- Btech, Mtech, MS, Phd

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