Deep Learning Researcher - Speech Recognition at Qualcomm

Qualcomm Overview:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

We are developing always-on on-device AI algorithms to attend and assist people. We are looking for talented machine learning researchers to join the team developing core technologies in audio and speech machine learning, mainly with the application of voice user interface. The selected candidates will work on one of the topics in the list below.

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) and keyword spotting (KWS)
Speech enhancement for ASR and KWS in multi microphone system
Representation learning of audio and speech data
Generative models for speech generation or voice conversion

Minimum Qualifications

Knowledge and experience in machine learning
Programming skill in Python or C/C++
Experience in PyTorch (preferred) or TensorFlow

Preferred Qualifications

Experience on audio or speech related tasks using RNN and/or attention models.
Experience on representation or feature learning for audio or speech data Experience on generative models (e.g. GAN, VAE, normalizing flow)
Wide and deep knowledge in general machine learning and deep learning
Wide and deep knowledge in signal processing or speech processing