We are looking for a specialist in speech signal processing to work in the department of speaker identification and audio analysis at the German federal forensic science laboratory (Kriminaltechnisches Institut im Bundeskriminalamt).

Duties are to plan and carry out research and development projects and to team-work on expert witness reports in speaker identification and tape analysis.
The duration of the contract is for 1 year (but it is not ruled out that it turns into a permanent position).

The following qualifications or expertise are required:
a. MSc, MA etc. in electrical engineering, computer science, computational linguistics/phonetics, or related;
b. in-depth knowledge of/experience in digital speech signal processing/analysis (e.g. LPC, cepstrum, f0-tracking, filters), in language and speech database structures, and in statistics (e.g. Bayes);
c. some knowledge/experience in automatic speaker- or speech recognition;
d. preferably, knowledge in phonetics or experience working in a phonetics lab;
e. competence in German and English;
f. unimpaired hearing.

The position is located at the Bundeskriminalamt, Department of Speaker Identification and Audio Analysis, in Wiesbaden, Germany

Closing date for applications is February 21, 2005.

Please send your application to Bundeskriminalamt,
Referat ZV 11-3 Personalgewinnung,
65173 Wiesbaden,
Germany.

You can access the original job ad (written in German) at the BKA website www.bundeskriminalamt.de (go to "Ausbildung und Stellen", then "Aktuelle Stellenangebote").