Research Engineer - Wearables Voice AI Assistant
Yesterday• San Mateo, CA
We are looking for a Research Engineer to join the Wearables Voice AI Assistant Team at Reality Labs. Our team works on speech-LLMs, and leverages knowledge in areas like speech generation and understanding, multilingual modeling and on-device speech LLMs.
Research Engineer - Wearables Voice AI Assistant Responsibilities:
- Apply relevant AI and machine learning techniques to build speech/LLM technology that will improve Meta Wearables products and experiences
- Develop novel, accurate AI algorithms and advanced systems for large scale applications
- Directly contribute to experiments, including designing experimental details, developing reusable code, running evaluations, and organizing results
- Work with large data, and contribute to development of large scale foundation models
- Design methods, tools, and infrastructure to push forward the state of the art in large language models
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of experience in one or more of the following areas: machine learning, large language models, speech and audio processing, speech generation, or related fields
- Experience developing machine learning algorithms or machine learning infrastructure in Python, PyTorch, and/or C/C++
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- Master's degree or PhD in relevant technical field
- Technical background in speech processing (ASR, TTS) and speech and audio foundation model, and speech-LLM
- Track record in delivering impactful applied research work to production
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$85.10/hour to $251,000/year + bonus + equity + benefits
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Client-provided location(s): San Mateo, CA
Job ID: a1KDp00000E2dI8MAJ_1001
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2025-08-30T19:53:35
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- Health Reimbursement Account
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- FSA
- FSA With Employer Contribution
- HSA
- HSA With Employer Contribution
- Fitness Subsidies
- On-Site Gym
- Mental Health Benefits
Parental Benefits
- Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
- Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
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- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Opportunities
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- Commuter Benefits Program
- Casual Dress
- Happy Hours
- Snacks
- Some Meals Provided
- Company Outings
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
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- Paid Vacation
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Sabbatical
- Leave of Absence
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- 401(K)
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Pension
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- Performance Bonus
- Relocation Assistance
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- Promote From Within
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