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Machine Learning Research Engineer

IO Associates
London
1 day ago
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ML RESEARCH ENGINEER - SPEECH / AUDIO / GEN-AI
INTERNSHIP OR FTC
SALARY: £70-73K for INTERNS. £90-95K for FTC (PhD holders/completed).
SURREY - HYBRID (3 DAYS IN OFFICE)
Our client, a leading innovator in technology and consumer solutions, is seeking talented and highly motivated Machine Learning Research Engineers to join a growing AI Research team. This is an exciting opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects and help shape the future of intelligent mobile experiences.
Responsibilities:
Conduct independent research in audio and speech processing, including signal processing, machine learning, and deep learning.
Design, develop, and implement novel algorithms and systems for speech/audio analysis, enhancement, separation, and understanding.
Build high-quality software prototypes and research-driven experimental systems.
Collect, analyse, and curate datasets to support ML model development and evaluation.
Run rigorous experiments and statistical evaluations to measure algorithm and system performance.
Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of engineers and researchers to bring innovation from concept to product.
Contribute to publications in major conferences and journals.
Required Skills:
PhD in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
Solid understanding of core machine learning and deep learning principles, architectures, and evaluation techniques.
Experience training models, not only using pre-trained ones.
Ability to modify model architectures, retrain, and adapt research papers into production-ready systems.
Strong grounding in speech/audio ML, deep learning, and ideally generative AI for audio.
*P. S: Company cannot provide visa sponsorship, so only candidates residing in UK and with the existing right to work will be considered for the role.

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