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Principal TTS Researcher

Cerence Inc.
Location 📍 Japan, Japan
Posted 📅 June 02, 2026
Work Type ⏰ Full time

Position Overview

A Moving Experience.

·8+ years of hands-on experience in TTS system development with deep expertise in both frontend and backend components

·Proficiency in C/C++ and Python, with mastery of ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc)

·Strong background in NLP techniques and/or speech signal processing

·Experience with linguistic tools (e.g., Festival) and phonetic knowledge

·Familiarity with transformer-based language models for prosody prediction

·Deep understanding of autoregressive / non-autoregressive acoustic models and neural vocoders

·Experience optimizing models via quantization, pruning, or knowledge distillation

·Knowledge of speech codecs (e.g., Opus, MELP) and real-time streaming protocols

·Production experience with ONNX Runtime, TensorRT, or TorchScript, etc

·Experience with zero-shot/one-shot/few-shot voice cloning or emotional TTS systems

·Skilled GPU/TPU cluster and grid user

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Job Details

Employment Type
Full time
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Category
Computer Occupations
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Work Arrangement
On-site
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Location
Japan, Japan