Phonetics Expert

Job Summary

Join micro1's team as a Phonetics Expert and contribute to innovative language and speech solutions from the comfort of your home. This entry-level role is perfect for those passionate about phonetics, eager to grow their expertise, and driven to impact language technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze, transcribe, and annotate speech and linguistic data using phonetic principles and IPA notation.
• Support development, testing, and evaluation of speech recognition and synthesis systems.
• Collaborate with linguists, engineers, and researchers to refine language resources.
• Assist in curating and maintaining audio datasets for language projects.
• Contribute to project documentation, reports, and training materials.
• Ensure accuracy and consistency in phonetic transcriptions and annotations.
• Engage in continuous learning on phonetics and language technology.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Linguistics, Phonetics, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Solid understanding of phonetic theory, IPA, and speech sound classification.
• Exceptional attention to detail and precise linguistic analysis.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a remote, cross-functional team environment.
• Willingness to learn industry-specific tools and new techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with speech technology systems such as ASR or TTS.
• Familiarity with language data annotation tools or linguistic software.
• Experience from an internship, academic project, or coursework in computational linguistics.

Key skills/competency

• Phonetics
• IPA
• Transcription
• Annotation
• Linguistics
• Collaboration
• Documentation
• Speech Recognition
• Data Analysis
• Language Technology