Principal/Staff Engineer, ASR

Summary

Join Presto, a leading provider of AI and automation solutions for the restaurant industry, as a Principal or Staff Engineer. You will develop cutting-edge speech recognition technology and integrate it into existing and future voice products. Responsibilities include driving the development of high-performance ASR engines, supporting integration and optimization, defining required speech data, communicating with product and sales teams, and mentoring junior team members. A Master's degree in computer science or electrical engineering and at least 10 years of experience in speech recognition are required. Presto offers a competitive compensation strategy and benefits including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) program, and paid time off.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in computer science or electrical engineering
• At least 10 years of experience in the speech recognition field
• Deep understanding and hands-on development of state-of-art automatic speech recognition systems
• Hands-on development experience and knowledge in state-of-art traditional machine learning and deep learning algorithms
• Hands-on working experience with real-time speech systems and able to integrate the latest development quickly
• Strong programming skills in Python, C, or C++
• Good knowledge about embedded speech recognition systems

Responsibilities

• Drive the development and customization of state-of-art high-performance ASR engines for Presto business customers
• Support the integration and optimization of ASR engines into voice products
• Together with other team members to define required speech data for new voice product features
• Communicate with product and sales teams about tech performance and limitations and provide recommendations for use cases
• Mentor junior members in the speech team

Preferred Qualifications

• Ph.D.in computer science or electrical engineering
• Hands-on experience in using and fine-tuning near and far-field speech signal processing algorithms
• Hands-on experience in using and fine-tuning text to speech algorithms

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) program
• Paid-time-off (PTO)