Senior Research Scientist

🕒 June 30

🇯🇵 Japan – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧬 Research Scientist

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Cerence Inc.

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2019

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🏭 Manufacturing

💰 Grant on 2020-12

Consulting • Logistics • Manufacturing

Cerence Inc. is a global company focused on providing AI-powered solutions, particularly in the automotive industry. They specialize in conversational and generative AI technologies that create intelligent, natural, and personalized interactions between humans and vehicles. With innovations like their proprietary automotive large language models, Cerence enhances user experiences across various forms of transport including cars, two-wheelers, and trucks. The company has over 500 million vehicles shipped with its AI technology, serving more than 80 OEMs and Tier 1 customers worldwide. Cerence is dedicated to continuous advancements in AI, aiming to revolutionize in-car user experiences through fast delivery and seamless integration of their solutions.

📋 Description

• Design and optimize text/NLP preprocessing pipelines using deep learning or machine learning methods • Develop multilingual G2P conversion, text normalization, polyphone disambiguation, and prosody prediction/control • Integrate language models such as BERT and GPT variants for contextual and semantic understanding • Develop rule-based and neural solutions for emotion/style control in synthesized speech • Build acoustic models such as Tacotron, FastSpeech, and VITS • Optimize neural vocoders such as WaveNet, HiFi-GAN, MelGAN, and LPCNet • Optimize inference latency for edge devices and cloud platforms • Enhance robustness through noise suppression, speaker adaptation, and multilingual, cross-language, and cross-gender voice cloning • Join Cerence’s global team to help build voice and AI technologies for automotive experiences

🎯 Requirements

• Master in CS, AI, EE, Math, or related field • Hands-on experience in speech generative system development with deep expertise in both frontend and backend components • Proficiency in C/C++ and Python • Mastery of ML frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow • Some background in NLP techniques and/or speech signal processing is welcome • Knowledge of transformer-based language models for prosody prediction • Basic understanding of autoregressive/non-autoregressive acoustic models and neural vocoders • Experience optimizing models via quantization, pruning, or knowledge distillation • Experience with ONNX Runtime, TensorRT, or TorchScript • Experience with zero-shot/one-shot/few-shot voice cloning or emotional TTS systems • Skilled GPU/TPU cluster and grid user • Fluent English is a must-have • Basic knowledge of information security and data privacy requirements • Demonstrative knowledge of information security through internal training programs

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal Employment Opportunity commitment • Workplace security protocols and training programs • Security procedures for reporting suspicious activity • Corporate security and compliance procedures • Zero-tolerance workplace violence policy • Information security and data privacy training • Internal security training programs