JOB ADVERT
Speech Software Engineer

Fixed Term for 1 year to be reviewed after 9 months
Salary £25,000 to £30,000pa dependent upon experience

CereProc is a Scottish company, based in Edinburgh, the home of advanced speech synthesis research, with a sales office in London. The CereProc team have extensive experience across the entire speech technology domain.

We are looking for a talented and skilled individual to undertake research on a SMART Feasibility Study awarded by the Scottish Executive to CereProc to investigate articulatory approaches to text to speech (TTS) and automatic speech recognition (ASR) associated with the needs of an ease-of-use audio wav file creation system for use commercially.

The ideal candidate will have a degree in Electronic Engineering or related discipline, a PhD in Speech Technology or a related topic, an understanding of the principles of digital signal processing with regard to ASR and TTS, an ability to write computer programs (e.g., in C/C++/Python), and will be self-motivated with strong organisational skills.

It would also be desirable for the candidate to have experience of working with a University spin out company, native level Japanese, familiarity with hidden Markov models, state-space methods or stochastic processes and experience in graphical user interface design.

Salary range £25,000 to £30,000 dependent on experience including pension contributions, 37.5 Hour Week with a degree of flexibility, and up to 20 days annual leave plus statutory holidays per annum.

To apply for this position please email your CV (including 2 referees) and current salary details to: recruit@cereproc.com