At IMS, we specialize in the research and development of innovative solutions in the areas of telematics, automotive safety and mobile media. Our proprietary technologies, which combine mechanical engineering, electronic controls, detection sensors and computational intelligence, are aimed at making 'safer, smarter and greener' vehicles. IMS' solutions include: iLane? an in-car voice powered apps and services platform; DriveSyncA®, a telematics platform that powers usage based insurance, fleet and driver applications with an interactive, real-time driver portal; and xtop? your “virtual passport” that seamlessly extends your smartphone to your PC.Position Summary: The successful candidate will be a motivated individual with experience designing intuitive and highly usable human interfaces. This position involves the design, validation, and implementation of interactive (natural) speech interfaces, in addition to multimedia and traditional user experiences (visual, online, and voice-driven). While working with a small and diverse team, the candidate will be responsible for high quality user interactions, including the design and execution of usability studies to validate early concepts and to quickly test hypotheses. New user interfaces may include developing dialogue systems, creating speech preprocessing rules, tuning text-to-speech solutions, developing grammars, syntax, and semantic rules, and applying appropriate tests throughout. Experiences may also include visual interactions (web), mobile phone, or desktop. Independent, self-driven development is essential, in addition to the ability to interact well in a team environment to transfer knowledge and participate in peer reviews. Opportunities exist to develop creative solutions to exciting challenges in innovative consumer and automotive safety products.What's in it for me? • Industry-competitive salary• Be part of a company that is committed to your personal and professional development and encourages growth within the organization• Comprehensive benefits on full time hire -- no waiting period• Full benefits (health, dental, vision care, Goodlife Fitness membership discount and more)• Collaborative team that works to support extracurricular activities respective to scheduling• 3 weeks vacation for full time permanent hires• State of the art facility close to walking trails, shopping, restaurants and summer outdoor markets with free available parkingYour everyday tasks at IMS: • Design and implementation of mixed-initiative interactive dialogue systems designed to accomplish tasks with minimal human effort• Design and execution of efficient and productive usability studies• Tuning: Identify exceptions and pronunciation issues in existing text to speech solutions for various language and voice combinations, across a broad range of free-form text input• Design robust parsing solutions to segment and identify key elements within plain text input• Work closely with a diverse team of mobile phone, server, and embedded developers• Enthusiastically adapt and quickly learn in a rapidly advancing field, including unbiased, justified selections of tools and languages when appropriate• Participate in peer analysis and review of concepts, designs, implementations, and interface usability• Develop both rapid prototypes and robust, release quality solutions, including effective use of revision control systems• Offer linguistic support to testing & validation and product support teams as required• Efficiently manage time and multitask in a dynamic environment to meet evolving design and development needs as they ariseEducation and Experience Requirements: • Degree in human factors, linguistics, computational linguistics, computer science, or a related field• Proficiency in verbal and written English• 2+ years experience working within a similar role or utilizing the skills outlined• Demonstrated ability to execute effective usability studies, create appropriate metrics, and leverage results to improve user experiences• Proficiency using SAMPA and alternate phoneme transcription methods• Familiarity with natural language processing of plain and marked-up text• Experience analyzing and productizing modern voice user interfaces (i.e. IVR systems, VoiceXML), and/or visual user interfacesDesirable assets in this position also include:• Experience working with APIs across multiple TTS and ASR engines• Experience using scripting languages to automate tasks where appropriate• Proficiency in more than one language (i.e. French, Spanish, German)• Familiarity with regular expressions• Experience using and tuning state of the art speech recognition solutionsHow to contact us: Email: Send email submissions to devcareers@intellimec.com Be sure to reference User Experience Designer (Voice +) in the subject of the message to ensure your submission doesn't go unnoticed. No phone calls, please. Only those considered for the position will be contacted by IMS.
Location:
Canada-ON-Waterloo
Telecommute:
No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name:
Human Resources
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:
devcareers@intellimec.com
URL:
http://www.intellimec.com/user-experience-designer-voice/
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