ASL Technology Research Internship – ASL Linguistics (6 months)

Sorenson Communications • Salt Lake City, UT

16d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a 6-month internship for an intern with ASL linguistics knowledge and a technical background to join our generation team. The intern will work on glossing and annotating ASL Classifier (CL) video data to support our English-to-Gloss translation model and avatar signing pipeline. Key areas of work include annotation schema design, high-level feature labeling, minimal pair analysis, and helping design evaluations (such as A/B testing) for CL outputs. The intern will also design a CL inventory to be added to our dictionary, with a demo at the end of the internship. This is a hands-on role that bridges ASL linguistics and technology. Strong candidates will be native-level ASL signers with interest in sign language technology and comfort with data annotation or analysis tools.

Requirements

• Native ASL signing skills
• Background in linguistics, CS, data science, or a combination
• Interest in sign language generation technology
• Comfortable with video annotation tools and/or basic data analysis
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Oral and written communication skills
• Attentiveness
• Ability to understand and follow directions

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with ASL classifier systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Glossing and annotating ASL Classifier (CL) video data
• Annotation schema design
• High-level feature labeling
• Minimal pair analysis
• Helping design evaluations (such as A/B testing) for CL outputs
• Design a CL inventory to be added to our dictionary, with a demo at the end of the internship

Benefits

• Paid Vacation Time
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Holidays
• 401k 6% match with immediate vesting
• Nationwide Medical Insurance plans and coverage (Medical, Dental/Orthodontia, Vision)
• TeleDoc
• HSA company match
• 3 Medical plan options including a Low Deductible PPO Medical Plan Offering
• Employee Assistance Program
• Engaged Employee Resource Groups
• Outstanding Learning and Career Development Opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern
• Education Level: High school or GED