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[hts-users:02651] Job: Senior speech scientists and engineers in TTS team, Microsoft China


Hi all,

 

We are looking for senior speech scientists and engineers to work on TTS technology development in TTS group, Microsoft China. I would appreciate if you could forward this email to anyone who would be interested in the positions.

 

Thanks,

Yi-Jian Wu

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Title: Senior speech scientist/engineer

Type: Full-time Employee

Location: Beijing, one of the most vibrant cities in the world. Come to experience the Chinese culture, explosive growth, great shopping and amazing food. The city is very international and easy to live in.

Contact: Yi-Jian Wu(yijiwu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx), Sheng Zhao (szhao@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)

 

Job descriptions:

Do you want to change the way the world interacts with computers? Do you want to be part of a team that pushes the Natural User Experience to the next level? Do you dream that one day, our world will be populated by robots that will help to do our jobs? Do you want to challenge yourself by innovating in an area that is new to Microsoft yet is an important strategic bet? Do you want to make Microsoft products not only accessible, but highly-functional? 

As both computational horsepower and storage capacity reach unprecedented levels, the human race is getting closer and closer to that dream of the natural user interface. Each day we are stepping closer toward being able to interact with computers the same way we interact with another human being. Speech Synthesis (Text-To-Speech) is a key part of that vision. The TTS team’s mission is to build the most human-sounding voices for as many languages in the world as possible, and to create world #1 TTS technology. 

The TTS team is looking for motivated, self-driven speech scientists/engineers to drive the development of our speech synthesis technology. Responsibilities include

1.      Advance the state of the art of TTS technology

2.      Integrate new TTS technology into other products at Microsoft such as Windows Phone, Bing, Tellme, Windows, Automotive, Exchange, and OCS etc.

3.      Make sure it is robust and scalable on different platforms (service, server, desktop, and embedded) and conditions

4.      Working with people from different countries in the world to understand how they speak

5.      Creating and executing on plans for creating new TTS languages and voices

 

Qualifications

1.      5+ years experiences working on speech domain

2.      Passion for technology and quality

3.      Willing take big challenges and able to deal with ambiguity

4.      Strong analytical and communication skills

5.      Strong English communication skills in both verbal and writing

6.      Experience in one of the areas: speech synthesis, speech recognition, prosody modeling, natural language processing is plus