Principal Speech Recognition Researcher (Onsite)

RTX•Columbia, MD

30d•Onsite

About The Position

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense. RTX BBN Technologies is one of RTX’s premier research and development centers whose diverse research portfolio combines the best technologies to deliver innovative, custom solutions for real-world applications. Within our Analytics and Machine Intelligence business unit, we are seeking a Principal Researcher to perform and provide high quality technical work for our government customer. We serve the intelligence community with novel and applied speech recognition research. This position is a customer on-site role.

Requirements

Active and transferable U.S. government issued security clearance is required prior to start date.
Security Clearance Type: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph.
Typically requires a University Degree or equivalent experience and minimum 8 years prior relevant experience, or an Advanced Degree in a related field and minimum 5 years experience.
Experience with Python Programming.
Experience with the Linux command line.
Experience with Machine Learning.
Empirical Research Experience.

Nice To Haves

Bash Programming.
An inquisitive personality.
Hands on Experience with Speech Recognition technologies.
Experience with ESPnet.
Experience with PyTorch.
Experience and knowledge of software development in Python.

Responsibilities

Research, develop, and implement novel algorithms for solving customer challenges related to Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR).
Develop software systems to train and test ASR systems.
Build new ASR models for customer data and domain.
Interface with DoD clients supporting ASR research systems.