Speech & Audio AI Evaluation Specialist (INT VOICE)

About The Opportunity

A fast-scaling AI innovations firm in the Speech & Voice Technology sector, we build and validate next-gen voice AI systems that power intelligent assistants, call-center automation, and multilingual speech recognition for global enterprises. Our team ensures voice models understand accents, intonations, and edge-case utterances across Indian and global languages—delivering human-grade accuracy at scale for mission-critical applications. Role & Responsibilities

• Evaluate speech recognition, speaker verification, and voice synthesis models using structured rubrics across noise conditions, accents, and domains.
• Annotate, transcribe, and flag audio samples for model training, focusing on phonetic accuracy, intent detection, and emotional tone.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to triage model failures, surface bias patterns, and recommend data augmentations for low-performing utterances.
• Perform comparative testing of voice AI outputs across vendors or model versions, documenting performance deltas in standardized dashboards.
• Maintain quality control benchmarks and contribute to continuous improvement of evaluation protocols for voice AI systems.
• Support internationalization efforts by testing multi-accent and code-switching capabilities in Indian and global language pairs.
  
  

Skills & Qualifications

Must-Have

• Speech transcription
• Audio annotation tools
• Phonetic transcription
• Accent evaluation
• Speech recognition metrics (WER, CER)
• Quality assurance for AI models
• Microsoft Excel
• Google Forms
  
  

Preferred

• Experience with Praat or Audacity
• Knowledge of IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet)
• Background in linguistics or phonetics
  
  

Benefits & Culture Highlights

• Work with cutting-edge voice AI models deployed across Fortune 500 call centers and consumer devices.
• On-site collaborative environment with weekly syncs, tech talks, and hands-on access to speech pipelines.
• Impact-driven role where your evaluations directly improve model accuracy for millions of users.
  
  

Skills: transcription,edge,audacity,annotation,models,access,testing,speech,assistants,speech recognition