Linguist II Job at Spectraforce Technologies, Raleigh, NC

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  • Spectraforce Technologies
  • Raleigh, NC

Job Description

Job Title: Linguist II Location: US Remote option available Preferred Location: Burlingame or Redmond - Hybrid Duration: 12 months About the Role: The main function of a Linguist II is to determine speech data needs and set the strategic vision for data-based model and product improvements. Job Responsibilities: Provide linguistic expertise in phonetics, phonology, lexicography, dialectology, and NLP . Design and conduct experiments to evaluate transcription quality. Develop manual and automated processes across multiple concurrent projects. Ensure high-quality label alignments, prosodic classification, POS identification and disambiguation, targeted modeling data, and user feedback. Create and refine text normalization and inverse text normalization processes. Manage lexical and phrasal transcriptions and related metadata. Analyze system metrics, including user opinion, lexicon transcription coverage, and POS tagger performance, and address pain points. Required Skills: Knowledge of phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, dialectology , and related areas of linguistics. Ability to analyze waveforms and spectrograms . Knowledge of prescriptive writing and punctuation conventions for at least one language. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Knowledge of transcription and annotation systems such as SAMPA, IPA, and ToBI . Must-Have Skills: Technical skills SQL skills Strong project management skills Nice-to-Have Skills: Linguistic knowledge with the ability to understand and identify errors. Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Linguistics, Language Technologies, Computational Linguistics, Speech Science, or a related field. 2+ years of experience . Key Projects / Day-to-Day Responsibilities Provide linguistic expertise in phonetics, phonology, lexicography, dialectology, and NLP . Collaborate with cross-functional partners to gather and prepare audio files for TTS human evaluations . Work closely with external vendors to track evaluation progress, address issues or concerns, and ensure deliverables meet quality standards. Analyze received deliverables and provide actionable insights to cross-functional partners. Address deep-dive requests from stakeholders regarding specific aspects of evaluation results. Monitor and track annotation queues to ensure timely completion. Identify and address bottlenecks or delays in annotation workflows. Address annotator questions regarding guidelines to ensure clarity and consistency in annotation tasks. About the Team: Data & Linguistics Team: The team's mission is to enhance Client AI's capabilities through the power of data . The team collaborates across all layers of the AI stack and with teams across Wearables to drive evaluation and model improvements for each release. Candidate Value Proposition: Opportunity to contribute linguistic expertise to AI, speech, data evaluation, and model improvement initiatives , working cross-functionally with internal teams and external partners. Screening / Interview Process: Number of Interview Rounds: 2 Interview Duration: 30-45 minutes each

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