Phonetician / Linguist (fr-CA & en-CA)

1 month, 1 week ago
Full-time
Senior
Technical Writing and Documentation
Omilia

Omilia

Omilia is a global leader in Conversational AI, offering AI-based self-service solutions for enhanced customer care fulfillment and success.

IT Services
251-1K
Founded 2002
$20M raised

Description

  • Conduct phonological and phonetic analysis for Canadian French and Canadian English.
  • Document language-specific features such as prosody, stress, tone, coarticulation, and dialect variation.
  • Produce structured language profiles for TTS model training and evaluation.
  • Define, map, and maintain phoneme inventories using IPA and TTS-specific conventions.
  • Build and maintain pronunciation lexicons, including G2P rules and exception handling.
  • Review machine-generated G2P outputs and perform pronunciation audits.
  • Annotate audio corpora, develop evaluation protocols, and produce error analyses.
  • Define linguistic criteria for corpus selection and design prompts for data collection.
  • Collaborate with TTS engineers to integrate linguistic artifacts into synthesis pipelines.
  • Contribute to internal documentation and participate in research discussions.

Requirements

  • M.Sc. or Ph.D. in Linguistics, Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, or a related field.
  • Proven experience building pronunciation lexicons or G2P systems for TTS or ASR.
  • Deep knowledge of phonological theory and articulatory/acoustic phonetics.
  • Proficiency with IPA and at least one machine-readable phoneme notation system such as X-SAMPA or ARPAbet.
  • Experience with corpus annotation tools such as Praat, ELAN, or WebAnno.
  • Strong analytical and documentation skills.
  • Fluency in English and proficiency in at least one additional language relevant to Omilia’s markets.
  • Experience with Praat, ELAN, Audacity, PLS/CMUdict/SSML lexicon formats, and Phonetisaurus, Sequitur, or neural G2P systems.
  • Basic Python or shell scripting skills.
  • Experience with TTS text normalization.

Benefits

  • Fixed compensation.
  • Long-term employment with paid vacation days.
  • Professional development opportunities, including courses and training.
  • Opportunity to work on cutting-edge technology products with global impact in the service industry.
  • Collaborative and fun-to-work-with colleagues.
  • Apple gear provided.
  • Equal opportunity employer with a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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