ByteDance
Research Scientist Graduate (Seed Model - Speech - Interaction & Learning) - 2026 Start (PhD)
San Jose, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- PhD in a stated or related discipline; completion or recent completion.
- Visa sponsorship
- Must obtain work authorization in the country of employment by hire and maintain it throughout employment.
About the job
Conduct research and develop, design, and evaluate machine learning models and algorithms for audio processing and generation, contributing to speech-related products.
What you'll do
- Research audio technologies such as dialogue systems, audio-video models, speech synthesis, voice conversion, audio codec learning, and audio language modeling.
- Develop and evaluate novel machine learning models and algorithms.
- Collaborate with researchers and engineering teams globally.
What they ask for
- Completing or recently completed a PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, or a related discipline.
- Good knowledge of theoretical and empirical research.
- Experience with at least one deep learning framework, such as PyTorch or TensorFlow, and familiarity with deep neural network architectures.
- Experience with neural and non-neural classical machine learning models and algorithms.
Nice to have
- Research experience in speech synthesis, audio generation, large language models, computer vision, or generative models.
- Strong first-author publications at accredited conferences; proficiency in C / C + +, Python, and shell programming, with understanding of data structures and algorithm design.
Tools
PyTorch, TensorFlow, C / C + +, Python
AI focus
Research and develop machine learning for multimodal speech and audio, including audio processing and generation.
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