Intern, Speech Processing

Tampere Wireless Headset Audio Lab i s looking for a Speech Processing Intern

Huawei is the leading provider of telecommunications equipment and mobile device in the world with a strong focus on innovation. We have more than 43,600 employees engaged in R&D and have established 17 research institutes in countries including the U.S., Finland, Germany, Sweden, Russia, India, and China to ensure global R&D with outstanding people. We have set up over 20 joint innovation centers with top operators to transform leading technologies into a competitive edge for customers and achieve business success.

This position is in a forward-looking industrial research team, which has solid track record in both innovation and publication. We have delivered significant contribution to current market devices. Audio devices designed by us are used by 100s of millions of customers worldwide. Huawei offers opportunities to learn from the best in the mobile industry. Our work environment is international and the opportunity to develop your skills and competences is endless.

APPLY TODAY! Come and build the future with us!

Main Responsibilities:  

• Address the auditory applications of earphone, hearing aids, and so forth
• Design and develop auditory technical prototype (especially Noise Suppression)
• Optimize the prototype and validate the solutions, aiming at different products and scenes
• Provide completive algorithm solutions
• Integrate the AI prototype on the hardware platform, involving model quantization, distillation, and others

Qualifications and Detailed Requirements:

• MSc or PhD student with background in Signal Processing or related fields
• Experienced in acoustic processing, signal processing, electronic information engineering, computer science, artificial intelligence, mathematical statistics or other relevant fields
• Familiar with deep learning platform such as PyTorch, Tensorflow, and Caffe
• Competent with digital signal processing using C and C++
• Experience in noise suppression, event detection, echo cancellation, speech enhancement, or ASR is appreciated

Other Relevant Skills:

• Fluent in English, Fluency in Finnish or Mandarin would be an asset but not compulsory
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills
• Energetic and a team player
• Preference goes to candidates who are currently engaging / have previous experience in technology cooperation projects / joint cultivation projects

Internship Duration: 3 months +, interns looking for longer internship period and thesis workers are welcomed to apply.