Research Engineer, Language - Wearables Voice AI

As a Research Engineer in Wearables Voice AI, you will have the opportunity to perform ground-breaking research to advance the device-driven AI Assistant effort at Meta – e.g. RayBan Smart Glasses and future Wearable devices. You will build state-of-the-art LLMs to support on-device and on-server use cases, optimize for natural voice interaction, deliver knowledge-grounded, actionable, personalized AI through a unique voice user interface. You will collaborate closely with Meta GenAI and FAIR orgs to produce SOTA research and results.Research Engineer, Language - Wearables Voice AI Responsibilities

Apply relevant AI and machine learning techniques to build speech/LLM technology that will improve Meta Wearables products and experiences

Develop novel, accurate AI algorithms and advanced systems for large scale applications

Directly contribute to experiments, including designing experimental details, developing reusable code, running evaluations, and organizing results

Work with large data, and contribute to development of large scale foundation models

Design methods, tools, and infrastructure to push forward the state of the art in large language models

Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience

2+ year(s) of work experience in a university, industry, or government lab with emphasis on AI research and development in speech recognition, speech synthesis, natural language understanding, machine learning, deep learning, or related fields

Experience with development and implementation of speech recognition algorithm/ systems and model training, including LLMs

Experience working with machine learning libraries like Pytorch, Tensorflow, etc

Familiar with scripting languages such as Python and shell scripts

Experience with developing scalable machine learning models in at least one of the following areas: automatic speech recognition, speech synthesis, LLM, or relevant areas

Experience with large scale model training, implementing algorithms, and evaluating speech-based systems

Experience taking ideas from research to production

Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and broad points of view to determine a path forward

Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment

Minimum QualificationsPreferred Qualifications For those who live in or expect to work from California if hired for this position, please click here for additional information. About Meta Meta builds technologies that help people connect, find communities, and grow businesses. When Facebook launched in 2004, it changed the way people connect. Apps like Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp further empowered billions around the world. Now, Meta is moving beyond 2D screens toward immersive experiences like augmented and virtual reality to help build the next evolution in social technology. People who choose to build their careers by building with us at Meta help shape a future that will take us beyond what digital connection makes possible today—beyond the constraints of screens, the limits of distance, and even the rules of physics.
$56.25/hour to $173,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

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