Visiting Researcher, Universal Speech Translation (University Grad)

Meta Platforms, Inc.
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Job Description

Meta is seeking a Visiting Researcher to join the AI team. Translation technologies break language barriers and make content accessible to people in their own language. In addition, audio and video are increasingly popular input modalities used to disseminate information. Speech translation enables live communication between people speaking different languages and enables understanding of multimedia input in different languages. The Universal Speech Translation team supports research in speech-to-speech translation. In this role, you will work closely with other scientists and engineers on the team to push the frontiers of speech-to-speech translation modeling.

Visiting Researcher, Universal Speech Translation (University Grad) Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with your supervisor and other AI Research Scientists and engineers to discuss, develop and implement the research agenda
  • Design and implement experiments to test research ideas on speech synthesis and/or speech generation
  • Contribute to high-quality research papers and publish at top conferences

Minimum Qualifications

  • Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining MS degree in Computer Science
  • 2+ years relevant professional experience with deep learning models in Speech and NLP
  • Experience solving analytical problems using quantitative approaches
  • Research and/or work experience in the fields of machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, speech processing, and/or computer vision
  • Experience with PyTorch or equivalent
  • Knowledge in C/C++, Python, Java or other related language
  • Must obtain work authorization in country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment

Preferred Qualifications

  • Currently has or is in the process of obtaining PhD in Computer Science
  • Research and software engineer experience demonstrated via grants, fellowships, patents, internships, work experience, and/or coding competitions
  • Research experience with Automatic Speech Recognition, Machine Translation, and Text-to-Speech technologies
  • First-authored publications at peer-reviewed conferences (e.g. NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, ACL, NAACL, ICASSP, INTERSPEECH, or similar)

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.

Meta is committed to providing reasonable support (called accommodations) in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions or sincerely held religious beliefs, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to accommodations-ext@fb.com.

$104,000/year to $137,000/year + benefits

Please note the national salary range listed in the job posting reflects the new hire salary range across levels and U.S. locations that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be commensurate with the candidate’s final level and final location. Also, this range represents base salary only and does not include the company bonus, incentive for sales roles, equity, or benefits , if applicable.

Company Info.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Meta Platforms (formerly known as Facebook Inc.) is a large technology company that was founded in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg and several of his college roommates. The company is based in Menlo Park, California, and is primarily known for its flagship social media platform, Facebook. In addition to its consumer-facing products, Meta Platforms also offers a range of advertising and marketing services to businesses and organizations.

  • Industry
    Advertising,Consumer electronics,Social media Company,Artificial intelligence
  • No. of Employees
    76,000
  • Location
    1 Hacker Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA
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