Research Scientist Intern, AI Applied Research - Speech & Audio; PhD

Responsibilities

• Perform research to advance the science and technology of intelligent machines.
• Develop novel and accurate speech algorithms and systems, leveraging deep learning and machine learning on big data resources.
• Contribute research that can be applied to Meta product development.
• Analyze and improve efficiency, scalability, and stability of various deployed systems.
• Collaborate with team members from prototyping to production.

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a PhD degree.
• Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.
• Experience in C/C++ and Python.
• Experience in deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, Tensorflow, etc).
• Research and/or work experience in machine learning, deep learning, and/or speech technology.

• Experience manipulating and analyzing complex, high-volume, high-dimensionality data from varying sources.
• Proven track record of achieving results as demonstrated by grants, fellowships, patents, as well as first-authored publications at workshops or conferences such as Interspeech, ICASSP or similar.
• A strong interest in theoretical and empirical research and for answering hard questions with research.
• Interpersonal experience: cross-group and cross-culture collaboration.
• Ability to stay in touch with the literature of a particular domain and has the ability to reproduce results if needed.
• Experienced with training deep neural networks for key Speech tasks such as speech recognition, speech translation, speech synthesis, speaker diarization, sentiment analysis, acoustic event recognition, wake word, scene understanding, etc.
• Intent to return to a degree-program after the completion of the internship/co-op.

$7,650/month to $11,333/month + benefits

Individual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base salary, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.