Cerence is the global industry leader in creating AI-powered user experiences for automotive and transportation.
Senior TTS Research Engineer
Location
Japan
Posted
6 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Senior TTS Research Engineer
Cerence Inc.
• Optimize the core NN algorithms to speed up inference and generation • Integrate different TTS components into a flexible pipeline that is suitable to “one engine for many (30+) languages” • Implement markups to control the TTS engine is optimized for different languages, features and applications • Design, implement and maintain the emb SDK for different platforms and cloud APIs • Build up the automation test and release process to ensure the KPIs such as latency and RTF • Work as a maintainer on the codes from RD engineers • Write well structed release notes, SDK and API documents
Job Requirements
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in TTS system development with deep expertise in both frontend and backend components
- Proficiency in C/C++ and Python, with mastery of ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc)
- Some background in NLP techniques and/or speech signal processing is welcome
- Basic understanding of autoregressive / non-autoregressive acoustic models and neural vocoders
- Rich experience on software release, version control and branches maintenance
- Experience with ONNX Runtime, TensorRT, or TorchScript, etc
- Experience with zero-shot/one-shot/few-shot voice cloning or emotional TTS systems
- Native or close to native Japanese is a must have, plus fluent English the working language.
Benefits
- Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
- Workplace security protocols and training programs
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