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Research Scientist, R&D - Speech Recognition
Pearson
Menlo Park, CA, United States
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Description
At Pearson, we’re committed to a world that’s always learning and to our talented team who makes it all possible. From bringing lectures vividly to life to turning textbooks into laptop lessons, we are always reexamining the way people learn best, whether it’s one child in our own backyard or an education community across the globe.
We are bold thinkers and standout innovators who motivate each other to explore new frontiers in an environment that supports and inspires us to always be better. By pushing the boundaries of technology — and each other to surpass these boundaries — we create seeds of learning that become the catalyst for the world’s innovations, personal and global, large and small.
Come check us out. What big idea will you help us launch?
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We are seeking a very talented R&D Research Scientist with extensive C/C++ programming skills.One needs to have strong knowledge of speech recognition/processing with an understanding of NLP or ML. You will focus on advancing the state of the company's automated grading technology while working with the sales, marketing and test development teams to solve practical problems from the field. The position demands a person who has broad interests and is motivated to design and implement improvements to the company’s system. Opportunities for further research in applicable areas are available.
Bring your expert Research, Software Development and User Modeling skills together to continue shaping Pearson’s advanced product solutions for the EdTech industry! And yes, have fun doing it with a highly innovative Research Team!
Essential Responsibilities:
• Entire R&D cycle (building language models, training acoustic models, building statistical models for measuring the performance, etc.) for automated grading of different test system
• Design new algorithms for different purpose (such as improving the grading performance)
• Data analysis for different requirements
• Write different scripts and tools to support the sales, marketing and test development teams
• Maintain grading system
Qualifications
Required experience will include:
• Ph.D. or ABD (with graduation in 2017) in CS, EE or relevant areas with 0-2 yrs working experience
• Strong desire to integrate research with product development and augment your research abilities with solid programming in C/C++ and proficiency with SQL, Perl (or Python) and Matlab (or R)
• Skilled knowledge of speech recognition, probabilistic systems, statistical models
• Strong background in statistical modeling and machine learning
• Demonstrate a willingness to learn and apply a wide range of technologies
• Experience with linguistic and statistical analysis of natural language would be highly desirable
• Experience in designing and running ASR experiments using HTK or KALDI a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
Assessment Product Solutions (APS) is a leader in automated spoken and written assessments, which utilize natural language processing techniques, advanced statistical modeling and speech recognition technologies. The provider of brands such as Versant™ Tests and WriteToLearn™, APS develops formative, diagnostic and progress monitoring assessments and instructional tools for various domains including education, business, and government. For more see www.pearsonkt.com and http://www.pearsonassessments.com
Pearson is an international media company with world-leading businesses in education, business information and consumer publishing. Pearson fuels the growing demand for effective education and high-quality information in the global knowledge economy, and share a common goal: to help people get on in their lives through education. For more information, visit www.pearson.com.
Pearson is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and a member of E-Verify. All qualified applicants, including minorities, women, veterans, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply.