Head of AI Research (Voice)

We are hiring an experienced Head of AI Research (Voice) to lead the development and improvement of our real-time voice AI technology. Key Responsibilities • Lead research and development of advanced voice AI models for natural, real-time conversations. • Improve speech recognition, speech generation, and AI response quality. • Develop and optimize AI models to reduce response delays and improve interruption handling. • Lead model training, fine-tuning, and optimization for real-world production use. • Build evaluation systems to measure AI accuracy, performance, and conversation quality. • Lead a small team of AI researchers and collaborate closely with engineering teams. Requirements • Strong experience in AI research and development, particularly in speech-to-speech, ASR, or TTS. • Experience working at a leading AI research lab or technology company with strong speech AI capabilities. • Proven experience taking AI research models into real-world production environments. • Strong knowledge of model training, fine-tuning, optimization, and evaluation. • Experience building low-latency, real-time voice AI systems is highly preferred. • Strong technical leadership skills and the ability to lead a small, specialized research team.