Senior Engineer, Signal Processing | ASTRI - Hong Kong Applied Science And Technology Research Institute Company Limited

Job Description

Reference #: ISNS/MSA/2109/170301

Openings :

Job Responsibilities

Algorithm research and development in speaker and speech recognition, and speech analytics for call centre applications
Design and develop voice conversion and speech synthesis technologies
Corpora preparation and speech processing for various speech applications
Cooperate with team members and provide system integration solution
Perform independent R&D work including literature study, open source code search and patent reading

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science / Electronic Engineering / Information Engineering or related fields with 6+ years’ experience, or Master’s Degree with 3+ years’ experience, or PhD holder in related area. Candidates with less experience will be considered as Engineer
Experience in at least one of the following: speech coding, voice conversion, speech synthesis
Experience in toolkits or frameworks: Festvox, HTS, MaryTTS, HTK, Kaldi is an advantage
Proficiency in Matlab, Python and C/C++, with GPU programming is a plus
Self motivated and well organized with can-do attitude, good verbal and written communication skills in English and Chinese

Application

More about ASTRI

Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) was founded by the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in 2000 with the mission of enhancing Hong Kong’s competitiveness through applied research. ASTRI’s core R&D competence in various areas is grouped under five Technology Divisions: Advanced Electronic Components and Systems; Artificial Intelligence and Trust Technologies; Communications Technologies; IoT Sensing and AI Technologies; and Intelligent Perception and Control Technologies. It is applied across six core areas which are Smart City, Financial Technologies, New Industrialisation and Intelligent Manufacturing, Digital Health, Application Specific Integrated Circuits and Metaverse.

Over the years, ASTRI has nurtured a pool of research, I&T talents and received numerous international awards for its pioneering innovations as well as outstanding business and community contributions. ASTRI has transferred about 1,600 technologies to the industry and has been granted close to 1,200 patents in the Chinese Mainland, the United States, and other countries. As a Hong Kong R&D centre, one of ASTRI’s important goals is to help customers harness business opportunities from the thriving technology market and increase their competitive strengths. Customers and partners can improve their efficacy by drawing on ASTRI’s expertise and research achievements.