AI Scientist I - ASL Linguistics Specialization

Come be a part of our mission and make a meaningful and positive impact with the industry leading provider of language services for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing!

Full time Benefits

• Paid Vacation Time and Paid Sick Time and Paid Holidays
• 401k 6% match with immediate vesting
• Nationwide Medical Insurance plans and coverage (Medical, Dental/Orthodontia, Vision)




• TeleDoc
• HSA company match
• 3 Medical plan options including a Low Deductible PPO Medical Plan Offering




• Employee Assistance Program
• Engaged Employee Resource Groups
• Outstanding Learning and Career Development Opportunities

Pay Range: Actual pay may vary up or down depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position may be eligible for incentive compensation.

* Applicants must be legally eligible to work in the United States to be considered. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role *

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Research, develop, and productize state-of-the-art AI models and algorithms using techniques such as GANs, VAEs, CNNs, diffusion models, multi-modal and transformer-based architectures, and other emerging technologies.
• Work with diverse data types including video, images, speech, and text to collect, label, and prepare data; create training/test sets and preprocessing pipelines; and build datasets, models, and ML pipelines for applications like text-to-video, text-to-speech, captioning, action recognition, object detection, segmentation, feature extraction, and translation.
• Provide linguistic expertise in ASL, focusing on areas such as phonetics, phonology, syntax, and semantics, to support the development of language technologies.
• Annotate and review linguistic data, including part-of-speech annotation, semantic annotation, and additional transcription.
• Evaluate current system outputs, detect incidental and systemic errors, and provide solutions to improve performance.
• Perform translation and localization tasks in ASL.
• Use LLMs to build English-to-ASL translation models, and engage in prompt engineering.
• Design, implement, and evaluate novel algorithms and large-scale deep learning models to address complex problems in your area of assignment, optimizing for performance, scalability, and user experience across diverse domains.
• Collaborate with software engineers to deploy scalable, real-time AI systems in the cloud, optimizing for efficiency, latency, and memory usage.
• Write software to integrate AI code into a real-time systems.
• Maintain a deep understanding of current research, technologies, and emerging trends in generative AI to inform and guide the development of cutting-edge solutions.
• Collaborate with Deaf users and external partners to develop high value solutions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Travel Requirements

Travel Requirements: Less than 25%

Education

Minimum of a 4 Year / Bachelors Degree Minimum Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related field.

Preferred Graduate Degree in PhD in a related field.

Experience

Minimum of 3 Years of experience in an AI field (e.g. deep learning, machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, or automated speech recognition). A Master's degree may be considered equivalent to 2-4 YOE. A PhD may be considered equivalent to 1-3 YOE.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Deep knowledge of ASL linguistics (semantics, syntax, morphology, phonology, prosody) with familiarity in pragmatics and conversation/discourse analysis.
• Experience in annotation work, with a strong attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Experience in using, adapting, and creating scripts in Python for data processing and analysis.
• Knowledge of semantics, pragmatics, conversation analysis, and/or discourse analysis in signed languages.
• Fluency in ASL.
• Fluency in additional signed languages is a plus.
• Strong foundation in machine learning, deep learning, computer vision and generative AI techniques, in areas such as GANs, latent diffusion models, VAEs, cross-attention, segmentation, ControlNet, and transformer-based architectures.
• Exposure to large language models, multi-modal learning, and supervised and unsupervised learning.
• Proficiency in programming languages like Python and C++, experience with data preprocessing and analysis tools such as NumPy and pandas, and familiarity with deep learning frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, scikit-learn, Hugging Face Transformers, and Open AI API protocol.
• Familiarity with computer vision libraries and tools including autoencoders, OpenCV, scikit-image, ffmpeg, and CUDA.
• Familiarity with video, image, audio, and text processing techniques as well as natural language processing concepts and methods.
• Experience with model optimization techniques for efficient inference in real-world applications.
• Familiarity with cloud computing services like AWS for training and deploying models at scale.
• Proven track record solving complex problems with innovative solutions, demonstrating the ability to develop novel algorithms and adapt existing methods to new challenges in AI/NLP and ASL language technologies.
• Excellent ASL or English communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively in a diverse team of AI experts.
• Strong desire for continuous learning and staying at the forefront of generative AI research and development.

Company Summary

Our Mission...Harnessing the power of language, we connect diverse people and enrich the human experience.

Our Vision...To provide global language services that expand opportunities, nurture belonging, and empower the world to connect beyond words.

As one of the world's leading language services providers, Sorenson combines patented technology with human-centric solutions. We strive to increase accessibility and inclusion through communication solutions for all: call captioning and video relay services, over-video and in-person sign language and spoken language interpreting, translation, real-time captioning, and post-production language services. Sorenson's impact vision and plan extends to enhancing generational wealth and inclusive workplaces for our employees and the communities we serve.

We achieve great things together working "The Sorenson Way" with our employee values: Customer First, Can-Do Attitude, Collective Action, Growth Mindset, Ownership, and Connect Direct.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
Sorenson Communications is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer.