Research Scientist - Speech

Zoom • Seattle, WA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

What you can expect We are looking for a Research Scientist with a solid background in speech recognition, speech synthesis, and speech processing. You will build advanced speech understanding models on large-scale datasets, transforming speech into human- and LLM-readable text to fulfill Zoom’s vision of seamless conversation-to-task completion. This role will also have you collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product, science and engineering teams, to deliver high-impact projects from the ground up. About the Team Zoom's AI Speech Team is developing speech technologies to improve Zoom's conversational AI experience. Our work contributes to Zoom AI Companion, Zoom Meetings, Zoom Contact Center, Zoom Phone, and Zoom Revenue Accelerator. You will develop novel solutions in automatic speech recognition (ASR), text-to-speech (TTS), voice agents, speech-to-speech translation, and speech-focused large language models (LLMs) to transform conversations into actionable tasks for users worldwide.

Requirements

• Possess a Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related fields with 5 years of experience.
• Display knowledge in deep learning and hands-on programming skills in Python, shell scripts; familiarity with ML frameworks such as PyTorch and TensorFlow.
• Demonstrate experience in speech recognition, speech processing, natural language processing or related fields in academic research or industry settings.
• Have domain expertise in one or more of the following areas: modern end-to-end ASR architectures, TTS and voice cloning, voice agents and conversational AI, speech-to-speech translation, speech LLMs, language modeling, decoding algorithms, personalization and adaptation, semi-/self-supervised learning, multilingual and robust systems, LLM-integrative speech models.
• Demonstrate experience with speech toolkits and libraries such as Kaldi/k2, ESPNet, NeMo, TorchAudio, SpeechBrain or similar frameworks.
• Have experience with large scale data processing and model training.

Responsibilities

• Developing state-of-the-art speech understanding models on large-scale datasets for Zoom products, including ASR, TTS, voice agents, speech-to-speech translation, and speech LLMs.
• Devising novel techniques where off-the-shelf solutions are not available.
• Demonstrating technical judgment in the entire development cycles, including data collection, model prototyping, training, optimization, and evaluation.
• Collaborating with cross-functional teams, including product and science engineering teams, to deliver high-impact projects from the ground up.
• Mentoring and provide technical guidance to junior team members.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees