Master's Research Fellow, Conversational AI Research, Voice Analytics

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Perform a systematic literature review on conversational AI and voice technologies.

• Identify gaps in technology and potential areas for innovation.

• Analyze techniques for extracting acoustic, linguistic, and behavioral characteristics.

• Assess methods for recognizing communicative states from audio data.

• Develop communication assessment models tailored for corporate settings.

• Design experiments and establish scientific validation criteria.

• Create technical specifications to guide product development.

• Assist engineering teams in transforming research findings into functional features.

• Generate technical documentation and executive reports.

• Regularly present findings and recommendations to the project team.

⛳️ Requirements

• Completed Master's degree in Data Science, Statistics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related discipline.

• Proficient understanding of Machine Learning and Deep Learning.

• Experience in researching and analyzing scientific literature.

• Familiarity with LLMs and AI agent frameworks.

• Knowledge of audio and speech processing techniques.

• Understanding of STT (Speech-to-Text) technologies.

• Familiarity with TTS (Text-to-Speech) systems.

• Strong programming skills in Python.

• Experience with AI libraries such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or similar alternatives.

• Knowledge of Natural Language Processing (NLP).

• Background in evaluating experimental models.

• Willingness to commit to a 40-hour work week.

• Published research related to AI, voice technologies, or NLP.

• Experience with Voice AI applications.

• Familiarity with Speech Emotion Recognition techniques.

• Background in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

• Experience working with conversational agents.

• Knowledge of prosodic analysis and acoustic signals.

• Experience in multimodal environments.

• Previous work in developing AI products or prototypes.

• Involvement in recognized research groups.

• Understanding of Adult Learning principles.

• Contributions to open-source projects relevant to the field.

🏝️ Benefits

• Research stipend of BRL 9,000.00.

• Opportunity for remote work.

• Commitment to a 40-hour work week.

• Contract duration of 12 months.