Audio Engineer – Speech, TTS Audio Specialist – French

🕒 August 23

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $50 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👷🏻‍♀️ Engineer

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Mercor

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2023

🔥 Funding within the last year

💰 $350M Series C - Mercor on 2025-10

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📋 Description

• Edit and process French voice recordings for TTS and speech AI systems • Perform audio cleanup, including silence trimming, breath reduction/removal, de-clicking, de-essing, and noise reduction • Conduct quality assurance checks for clipping, distortion, background noise, artifacts, loudness consistency, and level balancing • Ensure audio meets technical specifications for machine-learning training pipelines • Evaluate French pronunciation accuracy, naturalness, and fluency • Process large batches of recordings while maintaining consistency and throughput • Collaborate on French speech datasets, voice-talent recordings, and model-training workflows • Support projects training and enhancing AI systems

🎯 Requirements

• Native or near-native French fluency • Experience editing speech or voice recordings, not just music production • Strong understanding of speech audio quality standards and common recorded-dialogue issues • Hands-on experience with iZotope RX, Pro Tools, or similar audio restoration software • Ability to identify and fix audio artifacts, inconsistencies, and technical defects • Experience working with high-volume audio datasets or structured workflows • Detail-oriented with strong critical listening skills in French • Comfortable performing repetitive, high-precision tasks at scale • Ability to balance speed and quality in production environments • Familiarity with nuances of human French speech versus synthetic voice requirements • Independent contractor engagement • Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote role • Flexible own schedule • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise • Competitive pay • Opportunity to collaborate with leading researchers • Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems • Referral payments of up to $280 for each successful referral