The European Language resources Distribution Agency       (ELDA), a company specialized in Human Language Technologies       within an international context, acting as the distribution agency       of the European Language Resources Association (ELRA), is       currently seeking to fill an immediate vacancy for Technical       Engineer/Scientist (Project Manager) position, specialized in       Speech and Multimodal technologies.

Technical Engineer / Scientist         (Project Manager) in Speech and Multimodal Technologies

Under the supervision of the CEO, the       responsibilities of the Technical Engineer/Scientist include       designing/specifying language resources, setting up production       frameworks and platforms, carrying out quality control and       assessment. He/she will be in charge of renovating the current       language resources production workflows. This yields excellent       opportunities for young, creative, and motivated candidates       wishing to participate actively to the Language Engineering field.       He/she will be in charge of conducting the activities related to       language resources and Natural Language Processing technologies.       The task will mostly consist in managing language resources       production projects and co-ordinating ELDA’s participation in       R&D projects while being also hands-on whenever required by       the development team.

Profile :

     
• PhD in computer science, speech,         audiovisual/multimodal technologies
     
• Experience and/or good knowledge in speech data         collection, expertise in phonetics, transcription tools
     
• Experience in speech recognition, synthesis,         speaker ID and the well-used packages (e.g., HTK, Julius, ...)         and the tools to produce, collect and assess quality of         resources and datasets
     
• Experience and/or good knowledge of the Language         Technology area
     
• Experience with technology transfer projects,         industrial projects, collaborative projects within the European         Commission or other international frameworks
     
• Ability to work independently and as part of a         team, in particular the ability to supervise members of a         multidisciplinary team
     
• Dynamic and communicative, flexible to combine         and work on different tasks
     
• Good knowledge of Linux and open source software      
     
• Proficiency in C++, PhP, Java, Django is a plus
     
• Proficiency in French and English
     
• Citizenship of (or residency papers) a European         Union country
   

Applications will be considered until the position       is filled. The position is based in Paris.

Salary : Commensurate with qualifications and       experience.

Applicants should email a cover letter addressing       the points listed above together with a curriculum vitae to :

Khalid Choukri

ELRA / ELDA

55-57, rue Brillat-Savarin

75013 Paris

FRANCE

Fax : 01 43 13 33 30

Mail : job@elda.org

ELRA was established in February 1995, with the       support of the European Commission, to promote the development and       exploitation of Language Resources (LRs). Language Resources       include all data necessary for language engineering, such as       monolingual and multilingual lexica, text corpora, speech       databases and terminology. The role of this non-profit membership       Association is to promote the production of LRs, to collect and to       validate them and, foremost, make them available to users. The       association also gathers information on market needs and trends.

For further information about ELDA/ELRA, visit :

http://www.elda.org      
      http://www.elra.info