✦ Luna Orbit — AI & Machine Learning

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Onsite Posted March 29, 2026
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Position Details

Type Full-Time
Experience lead
Exp. Years 7+ years
Education Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, speech technology, or related field
Category AI & Machine Learning

About this role

Senior leader responsible for architecting and delivering a real-time speech processing pipeline and aligning speech tech with Gen AI workflows, while growing a multidisciplinary team.

Key Responsibilities

  • Architect and lead real-time speech processing pipeline
  • Optimize ASR models for voice commands
  • Lead, mentor, and grow a team
  • Define and execute strategic speech roadmap
  • Establish evaluation metrics for ASR accuracy, latency, FAR, FRR, and TTS quality

Technical Overview

Scope includes ASR/STT, TTS, VAD, noise suppression, echo cancellation, and keyword spotting; optimize models for commands; integrate with Gen AI and contextual agent workflows; collaborate with firmware/hardware for microphone array tuning; establish evaluation metrics (latency, FAR/FRR, TTS quality).

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior-level speech technology leader with 7+ years of speech development and research experience, proven leadership, and a track record delivering real-time speech pipelines. Deep familiarity with ASR/STT/TTS, VAD, and keyword spotting, plus hands-on exposure to Whisper, Deepgram, Cerence, or Sensory, and strong cross-functional collaboration with hardware teams.

Must-Have Skills

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Sciencespeech technologyor related fieldAt least 7+ years of experience in speech development and researchAt least 2 years in a leadership or managerial role

Nice-to-Have Skills

Gen AI integration experienceExperience with firmware/hardware collaborationExperience with real-time audio streaming

Required Skills

ASRAutomatic Speech RecognitionSTTSpeech-to-TextTTSText-to-SpeechVoice Activity DetectionVADEcho cancellationNoise suppressionKeyword spottingWhisperDeepgramCerenceSensoryGen AIReal-time speech processingModel optimizationLeadershipTeam managementRoadmap planning

Hard Skills

ASRAutomatic Speech RecognitionSTTSpeech-to-TextTTSText-to-SpeechVoice Activity DetectionVADEcho cancellationNoise suppressionKeyword spottingWhisperDeepgramCerenceSensoryGen AIReal-time speech processingModel optimizationLeadershipTeam management

Soft Skills

leadershipteam managementcommunicationstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingattention to detailadaptabilitycross-functional collaboration

Industry & Role

Industry Telecommunications
Job Function Lead the architecture and delivery of real-time speech processing technologies and manage the speech science team
Role Subtype Speech & NLP lead
Tech Domains Speech Processing, Automatic Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech, Voice Activity Detection, Gen AI

Keywords for Your Resume

speech sciencespeech processingASRAutomatic Speech RecognitionSTTSpeech-to-TextTTSText-to-SpeechVoice Activity DetectionVADkeyword spottingWhisperDeepgramCerenceSensoryGen AImachine learningleadershipteam managementreal-timelatencyFARFRRspeech recognitionmicrophone arrayaudio signal processingarchitectureroadmapasrautomatic speech recognitionttsvoice activity detectionwhisperdeepgramcerencegen ai

Deal Breakers

Less than 7 years of speech development experience, No leadership/managerial experience, No Bachelor's or Master's in a relevant field, Cannot work onsite in Richardson, TX

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