Speech Research Intern-1

Centific Global

Redmond, United States
Base: $40 ph; bonus/equity: not specified; benefit...
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Speech dialogue systems
Speech-aware llms
Efficient speech tokenization
** Centific Global is seeking a Speech Research Intern to design and evaluate speech-first models, focusing on spoken language models (SLMs). The role involves transitioning prototypes into practical demos, collaborating closely with scientists and engineers to achieve impactful results. **

Job Summary

  • Centific AI Research seeks a PhD Research Intern to design and evaluate speech-first models, with a focus on Spoken Language Models (SLMs) that reason over audio and interact conversationally.
  • The role involves end-to-end speech dialogue systems, alignment between speech encoders and text backbones, and efficient speech tokenization for long-form audio.
  • The company offers competitive stipends, hands-on projects with measurable impact, mentorship from applied scientists, and access to modern GPU infrastructure.

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** Centific Global is seeking a Speech Research Intern to design and evaluate speech-first models, focusing on spoken language models (SLMs). The role involves transitioning prototypes into practical demos, collaborating closely with scientists and engineers to achieve impactful results. **

Salary

Base: $40 per Hour; Bonus/Equity: Not specified; Benefits: Not specified

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Speech dialogue systems
  • Speech-aware LLMs
  • Efficient speech tokenization
  • Latency-aware inference
  • Python and PyTorch fluency
  • Modern sequence models

Nice-to-have

  • Speech generation experience
  • Multilingual speech background
  • Safety and bias evaluation
  • Distributed training experience

Key Requirements

  • PhD candidate in CS/EE or related field
  • Research in speech, audio ML, or multimodal LMs
  • Hands-on GPU training
  • Familiarity with torchaudio or librosa
  • Depth in discrete speech tokens/temporal compression, modality alignment, or post-training for speech tasks
  • Strong experimentation habits

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