Job Opportunities
Linguistics - Regional and International
University or Organization: InQuira
Department: Professional Services
Job Rank: Language Engineer
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; General Linguistics
Required Language(s): English (eng)
Description:
Position: Language Engineer
Date: Immediate
We offer:
- Very competitive salary
- Excellent company stock options and benefits
- Fast-paced and exciting environment
Reporting to: Vice President of Professional Services
Location: Bay Area, California and New York Metro Area
Responsibilities:
As a Language Engineer in InQuira's Professional Services group, you will
help design and implement Intelligent Search solutions for our customers.
You will work directly with our customers and integration partners to
understand their specific business requirements, and you'll actively
participate in defining the best solutions possible using our intelligent
search and navigation products. You will define, implement and test the
associated grammars, lexicon, and other linguistic knowledge bases. You
will work directly with our technical consultants to help ensure that the
application is properly accessing and retrieving the correct answers to
questions. You may additionally be called upon to test and/or devise
testing environments for linguistic tools that are being developed.
More information is
posted online
University or Organization: Voice Signal Technologies, Inc.
Job Rank: Linguist
Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Speech Technology
Required Language(s): English (eng)
French (fra)
German, Standard (deu)
Italian (ita)
Portuguese (por)
Spanish (spa)
Indo-European
Description:
VoiceSignal, the leading developer of speech solutions for mobile devices,
is seeking an experienced Linguist to help us develop our multi-lingual
embedded speech technologies and applications. We are looking for a
Masters-level linguist with, preferably, prior experience in speech
applications. Candidates must have near fluency command of two or more
western European languages and working knowledge of two or more other
western European languages. Must also have some knowledge of Perl and its
use for linguistic purposes, be highly attentive to detail, and be able
to
prioritize work based on project and language priorities. This is a
full-time position in our headquarters in Woburn, MA.
More information is
posted online.
University or Organization: NUANCE
Job Rank: Voice Developer
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Required Language(s): Hindi (hin)
Description:
Nuance is the leading provider of speech and imaging solutions for
businesses and consumers around the world. Every day, millions of users
and thousands of businesses experience Nuance by calling directory
assistance, requesting account information, dictating patient records,
telling a navigation system their destination, or digitally reproducing
documents that can be shared and searched. With more than 1500 employees
worldwide, we are committed to make the user experience more enjoyable
by
transforming the way people interact with information and how they create,
share and use documents. Making each of those experiences productive and
compelling is what Nuance is about.
To strengthen our young and enthusiastic R&D team in Europe, we are
currently looking for two
Junior Voice Developers - Hindi
Who will assist in the creation of state-of-the-art voice for use with
the market-leading RealSpeak text-to-speech (TTS) engine. You will join
the
team in Merelbeke, Belgium.
More information is available online
University or Organization: Lexico Publishing Group LLC
Department: Information Technology
Job Rank: Web Application Developer
Specialty Areas: General Linguistics; Web Application Developer
Description:
Title: Developer, Web Application
Job Summary: Assists with development of Internet-, intranet-, or
extranet-based applications using experience with a variety of technologies
including, but not limited to, PHP, Perl, shell scripting, XHTML, CSS, XML,
Javascript, MySQL, multimedia applications, database interactions and data
modeling tools. Researches, tracks and understands new technologies and
security issues to provide technical guidance in developing applications.
Builds applications using mandated development tools. Provides written
design documents, test plans and test results. Integrates and implements
related applications components, including front-end development,
server-side development and database integration. Plays a direct role in
programming, maintenance, technical support, documentation and
administration of the applications. Assesses and communicates
standards to ensure continuity of applications. With approval, may work
with outside vendors in developing tests to ensure feature functionality.
More information is available online