We are looking for a Senior Speech & Audio AI Engineer to join our AI team at FAPNA (Fanavari Pardazesh Novin Etelaat Khwarazmi).
The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in Speech Processing, Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR), Deep Learning, and fine-tuning speech models.
In this role, you will be responsible for developing and optimizing speech and audio AI systems, from data preparation and model fine-tuning to evaluation, optimization, and production deployment.
This position is intended for someone who goes beyond theoretical knowledge and has practical experience building real-world speech systems, particularly in challenging environments involving noise, poor-quality recordings, multiple speakers, various accents, and domain-specific audio data.
Responsibilities
Design, develop, and optimize Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) systems for converting speech to text.
Perform fine-tuning and customization of Speech-to-Text models for specific languages, domains, accents, datasets, and business requirements.
Develop and customize ASR pipelines using Kaldi, Whisper.
Analyze ASR errors and improve model performance using metrics such as WER and CER.
Work with real-world audio data, including noisy environments, background sounds, multiple speakers, different recording qualities, and non-ideal conditions.
Develop and optimize speech-related components such as:
Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
Speaker Identification
Speaker Verification
Speaker Diarization
Speech Enhancement
Required Skills
Strong proficiency in Python.
Strong hands-on experience with fine-tuning speech and Speech-to-Text models.
Practical experience with Whisper, including fine-tuning or model customization.
Practical experience with Kaldi and ASR pipeline development.
Practical experience working with noisy audio and real-world speech data
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
Strong teamwork and communication skills.
Ability to properly document development, experimentation, and evaluation processes.
Benefits
Regular salary payments
Basic and supplementary health insurance
Daily homemade lunch
Travel allowance
Employee loans
Scientific and technically challenging work environment
Opportunity to complete military service through an Amrieh program
شرکت فناوری پردازش نوین اطلاعات خوارزمی (فپنا) از سال ۱۳۹۶ در حوزه امنیت فضای سایبری و جرمیابی قانونی دیجیتال فعالیت خود را آغاز کرده است. هدف و ماموریت این شرکت، توسعه ابزارهای بومی در زمینههای امنیت فضای تبادل اطلاعات و جرمیابی قانونی دیجیتال با بهرهگیری از روشها و راهحلهای هوش مصنوعی است. فپنا جزو اولین شرکتهایی است که در حوزه فارنزیک دیجیتال در داخل کشور به فعالیت پرداخته است.
با یاری خداوند متعال و تلاشهای بیوقفه تیم فنی و مدیریتی، این شرکت در اسفند ماه سال ۱۳۹۹ به فهرست شرکتهای دانشبنیان پیوست.
شرکت فپنا دارای محیطی پویا و نشاطآور برای ارتقاء سطح علمی و مهارتی افراد در حوزههای مختلف امنیت و فارنزیک است. هدف اصلی این شرکت، توسعه ابزارهای با کیفیت در زمینههای فعالیت خود و همچنین تربیت نیروهای متخصص در این حوزهها میباشد.