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R&D Engineer (Human Language Technology)

• Research on human language technologies (i.e. speech recognition, machine translation, natural language processing) to support information processing
• Develop statistical and machine learning techniques on multimodal datasets to address business needs
• Perform data preprocessing and feature engineering, build and deploy machine learning models, and design experiments to evaluate techniques and algorithms
• Collaborate closely with business users to extract actionable insights from data and develop analytics solution to meet their needs
• Actively conduct technology scans to understand technical and commercial drivers and leverage these technology advances and opportunities to guide in-house R&D efforts
• Work with software developers to integrate analytics into enterprise systems

Job Requirements:

• Master’s and/or Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, information systems, mathematics, statistics or other quantitative/analytical fields
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, MATLAB preferred (e.g. familiarity with Python-based machine learning libraries such as scikit-learn, numpy/scipy and pandas)
• Strong understanding in one or more of the following areas preferred:

• Machine learning
• Natural language processing
• Speech processing or computational linguistics
• Information retrieval
• Data clustering, categorisation, entity extraction
• Neural network, fuzzy logic, evolutionary algorithms

• Knowledge of Java programming will be an added advantage
• Applicants with PhDs and/or more than 3 years of experience working in human language technology domains will be considered for senior positions
• Applicants must be Singapore Citizens