Linguist II
Posted: 08/26/2026
Job Number: 42698
Job Description
Linguist II
Onsite
Summary
The main function of a Linguist is to determine speech data needs and setting strategic vision for data based model and product improvements.
Responsibilities
THE PROMISES WE MAKE:
At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.
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Onsite
Summary
The main function of a Linguist is to determine speech data needs and setting strategic vision for data based model and product improvements.
Responsibilities
- Provide linguistic expertise in the areas of phonetics, phonology, lexicography, dialectology, and NLP.
- Design and conduct experiments for evaluating transcription quality.
- Develop manual and automated processes for multiple concurrent projects including ensuring high-quality label alignments, prosodic classification, POS identification and disambiguation, targeted modeling data, and user feedback.
- Create and perfect text normalization and inverse text normalization processes.
- Manage lexical and phrasal transcriptions and related metadata.
- Analyze system metrics such as user opinion, lexicon transcription coverage, and POS tagger performance and remedy pain points.
- Knowledge of phonetics, phonology, sociolinguistics, dialectology and other areas of linguistics.
- Ability to analyze waveforms and spectrograms.
- Knowledge of prescriptive writing and punctuation conventions for at least one language.
- Excellent communication skills both verbal and written.
- Knowledge in transcription and annotation systems such as SAMPA, IPA and ToBI.
- Bachelors degree in linguistics, language technologies, computational linguistics, speech science, or related field.
THE PROMISES WE MAKE:
At Crystal Equation, we empower people and advance technology initiatives by building trust. Your recruiter will prep you for the interview, obtain feedback, guide you through any necessary paperwork and provide everything you need for a successful start. We will serve to empower you along the way and provide the path for your professional journey.
For more information regarding our Privacy Policy, please visit crystalequation.com/privacy.
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