Founding Research Scientist - Speech Synthesis

Nuance Labs is an early-stage deep tech startup building the first real-time human foundation model—a unified system across text, speech, and vision designed to make AI socially and emotionally intelligent.

Requirements

• PhD or equivalent experience in speech synthesis, audio generation, or closely related fields
• Deep expertise in training speech or audio models (e.g., TTS, speech-to-speech, neural vocoders)
• Strong command of modern deep learning methods and large-scale training workflows
• Experience running the full ML lifecycle, from dataset construction through evaluation
• Ability to translate research insights into working systems
• Strong coding skills and a commitment to clean, maintainable research code
• Clear communication and strong collaboration skills

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Equity options
• Full-time benefits
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI research