Staff Software Engineer (LVCSR and Deep Learning)

Recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is responsible for the PlayStation® brand and family of products and services. PlayStation has delivered innovation to the market since the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994.

Are you passionate about bleeding edge technology? How would you like to influence the most successful gaming platform of all time? Do you want a career opportunity combining both your passion and skills as a software engineer while also allowing you to work with bleeding edge technology? Then you should check us out here at Sony PlayStation! We have an exciting opportunity to join PlayStation! We seek a Staff Software Engineer highly proficient in natural language research to develop Large Vocabulary Continuous Speech Recognition (LVCSR) technology for our platform.

* Develop robust automatic speech recognition (ASR) technologies to control various kinds of distortions and variations such as channel and environment distortions, emotional speech, variety of speaking rate and speaking style for multiple languages. * Improve acoustic model training and acoustic model adaptation for LVCSR usage. * Expand existing LVCSR technology for multiple languages and applications. * Integrate ASR with technologies, including microphone array, echo cancellation, speech enhancement, and other DSP processing for far-field voice recognition under noise. * Help to debug and improve runtime voice recognition and sample voice applications for games. * Other tasks assigned as necessary.

* Deep understanding of Voice Recognition Technologies * Strength using C/C++ and script programming. * Experience using Kaldi, HTK, SDKs and tools. * Versed in DSP and speech processing technologies. * Competent in word pronunciation handling. * Good written and oral communication skills. * Familiar with Linux and GPU usage. * Min. of 5 years’ experience in voice recognition and digital signal processing technologies. * Min. of 5 years’ experience focused in C/C++ programming and other scripting languages. * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related engineering discipline. **Nice-to-Have:** * An understanding of LVCSR at the lower level of development. * Experience in multi-lingual speech and language processing. * Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or equivalent.