AI Research Scientist, Language – Reality Labs, Wearables Full-time

The Wearables Voice AI team supports speech-based interaction on wearable devices for on-line and on-device scenarios. As a Research Scientist in Wearables Voice AI, you will have the opportunity to perform ground-breaking research to advance the device-driven AI Assistant effort at Meta – e.g. RayBan Smart Glasses and future Wearable devices. You will build state-of-the-art LLMs, optimize them for natural voice interaction on our unique hardware (multiple microphones, other sensors, on-device inference, etc), deliver knowledge-grounded, actionable, personalized AI through a unique voice user interface. You will collaborate closely with Meta GenAI and FAIR orgs to produce SOTA research and translate this into products.

AI Research Scientist, Language – Reality Labs, Wearables Responsibilities

• Be a leader in our efforts to understand and synthesize speech, translate between languages, and/ or extract intents, concepts, or other relevant features from speech and link them to downstream tasks.
• Independently design and implement algorithms, train state of the art models on large data, and optimize their performance together with our team and partners.
• Perform research to tackle unsolved real-world problems and advance state of the art research by developing internal tests and mapping them to external benchmarks.
• Develop machine learning models for both server-based and embedded systems.
• Contribute research that can be applied to Meta product development. Publish it.

Minimum Qualifications

• Currently has, or is in the process of obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
• Has PhD in the field of Artificial Intelligence, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. Degree must be completed prior to joining Meta.
• 1+ year(s) of work experience in a university, industry, or government lab with emphasis on AI Research in speech recognition, speech synthesis, natural language understanding, machine learning, deep learning, or related fields.
• Experience with development and implementation of speech recognition algorithm/ systems and model training, including LLMs.
• Experience working with machine learning libraries like Pytorch, Tensorflow, etc.
• Familiar with scripting languages such as Python and shell scripts.
• Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment at the time of hire, and maintain ongoing work authorization during employment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with developing scalable machine learning models in at least one of the following areas: automatic speech recognition, speech synthesis, LLM, or relevant areas.
• Experience with large scale model training, implementing algorithms, and evaluating speech-based systems.
• Proven track record of achieving significant results as demonstrated by publications at leading workshops, journals or conferences such as ICASSP, INTERSPEECH, NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, or similar.
• Experience taking ideas from research to production.
• Experience solving complex problems and comparing alternative solutions, tradeoffs, and diverse points of view to determine a path forward.
• Experience working and communicating cross functionally in a team environment

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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.

$117,000/year to $173,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate, monthly rate, or annual salary only, and do not include bonus, equity or sales incentives, if applicable. In addition to base compensation, Meta offers benefits. Learn more about benefits at Meta.

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