Senior Speech Researcher (m/f/*) Munich/München

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Job Description:

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game-changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

We partner closely with the brightest minds in healthcare to ensure that every solution we create melds the latest technology with compassion and empathy. Because at Solventum, we never stop solving for you.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

As a Senior Speech Researcher, you will have the opportunity to tap into your curiosity and collaborate with some of the most innovative and diverse people around the world. Here, you will make an impact by:

• Creating products that make a real difference in the lives of patients and doctors

• Developing Acoustic and Language models based on our own state-of-the-art recognition

• Processing our enormous amounts of data for training and speaker adaptation

• Working with an international team of speech researchers and developers

Your Skills and Expertise 
To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Master in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics or relevant field or extensive relevant experience.

• Ability to design and conduct experiments methodically

• Skills in analyzing and interpreting as well as presenting experimental results

• Strong background in signal processing and digital audio processing

• Deep understanding of machine learning, particularly deep learning architectures (CNNs, RNNs, Transformers), GPU acceleration

• Expertise in automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems

• Experience with speech enhancement techniques (noise reduction, dereverberation, microphone arrays)

• Knowledge of acoustic and language modeling

• Knowledge of AI tools like: TensorFlow, PyTorch, fairseq, Kaldi/K2, ESPNET, ONNX

• Strong in Linux environment with Bash, Perl, Python, Java, Jython, C/C++

• Fluent English skills

• additional language skills are a plus

Work location: Munich, Germany

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status.

Supporting Your Well-being 

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope. 

Diversity & Inclusion

(*) We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, civil status, disability, family status, or membership of the travelling community.

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