ASR Engineer
Core
End-to-end ownership of a cloud-based Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) pipeline with a narrowly scoped on-device component for an AI consumer hardware startup.
Role type
Senior IC ASR Engineer (Audio/ML)
Builds
Cloud-based ASR system and on-device components
Domain
AI consumer hardware, audio processing, machine learning
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
ASR pipeline development, model training and fine-tuning, latency optimization, streaming audio processing, production debugging, on-device ML (Core ML/TensorFlow Lite), hardware/robotics product experience, LLM agent features
Preferred skills
Early-stage startup experience, cross-timezone collaboration
Technologies
Core ML, TensorFlow Lite
Responsibilities
Build and iterate cloud-based ASR pipeline from audio capture to post-processing; Own ASR quality and reliability metrics (latency, accuracy, voice-print); Coordinate with R&D, hardware, and supply-chain teams in China; Translate product feedback into shipped pipeline changes.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC