Principal Speech Scientist 
 
Location:  Flexible   

Position ID:  AXG-1225
 
SUMMARY
 
The candidate will be responsible for grammar tuning (from a grammar and VUI perspective) and problem analysis, including issue identification and report preparation. Will also be responsible for designing, developing and implementing several key speech recognition grammars.
 
PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

• Design, develop, implement and tune Grammar XML (GRXML), JSP and Java grammars, including developing Statistical Language Module (SLM) grammars for major commercial speech recognition engines.
   
• Responsible for meeting customer and business goals as an individual contributor and a member of a cross-functional project team. Tasks require interaction with internal and customer staff.
   
• Development for sophisticated vertical, horizontal and custom application grammars.
   
• Application tuning and problem analysis duties such as coordinating transcription and data collection along with performing the tuning analysis and report preparation.
   
• Conduct studies of speech recognition applications, including confidence rejection threshold testing, alternate phonetic pronunciation, language model weighting variance testing, speech engine parameter setting, and speech grammar optimization.
   
• As a Subject Matter Expert in speech applications, the Principal Speech Scientist uses state-of-the-art approaches to address the most critical issues impacting the company's success in designing and selling future concepts, products, and technologies.
   
• Serve as consultant to management and external spokesperson for the organization.
   
• Exercise wide latitude in determining objectives and approaches to critical assignments.

• Requires a minimum of 15 years related experience and a Bachelor's degree in Cognitive Science, Human Factors, Industrial Psychology, Computer Science, Linguistics or a related field (or equivalent experience).
   
• Must have a strong customer focus, with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
   
• Knowledge of VoiceXML and Visio.
   
• Mastery of writing grammars in GRXML and ECMA script and the development and tuning of Statistical Language Module grammars.
   
• Knowledge of the latest developments (product successes and failures) in the IVR, call center automation, and speech technology markets.
   
• Skill sets should include:
  
  
  • XML data processing
  • Knowledge of XSLT and proficiency with Perl
  • Expertise developing web services in JSP and or ASP.NET
  • Knowledge of Java and/or C# and object oriented design concepts
  • Mastery of report writing
  • Proven ability to work effectively with programmers and quality assurance teams

·      Knowledge of the strengths/weaknesses and selling points of the major commercial speech recognition engines.

·      Experience with computational linguistics is a plus.

·      Present oneself in a professional manner at all times.

  
 
Please refer to Position ID:  AXG-1225     

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Arnold Garlick
Pacific Search Consultants
arnold@...
office:  949. 366. 9000 extension 2#
fax:  949. 366. 9200
www.SpeechTekJobs.com 
 

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