Gnani.ai - AI Engineering Manager - Speech R&D
Posted on: 29/05/2026
Job Description
Description :
We are looking for an AI Engineering Manager Speech R&D who can lead and execute advanced Speech AI development while managing a high-performing engineering team.
This role sits at the intersection of research and engineering.
You will drive Speech AI R&D, convert research ideas into production-grade systems, and ensure delivery at scale.
Key Responsibilities :
Speech AI R&D Leadership :
- Lead development of ASR, TTS, and speech processing systems for real-world voice applications
- Evolve and improve architectures such as Conformer, RNN-T, hybrid and E2E models
- Drive experiments to improve WER, latency, robustness, and multilingual performance
- Stay current with global research trends in Speech AI and apply relevant advancements
Engineering & Execution :
- Guide model training, fine-tuning, evaluation, and deployment pipelines
- Work closely with infra teams on streaming inference, GPU optimization, and scalability
- Ensure systems meet strict SLAs for latency, reliability, and cost
People & Technical Leadership :
- Set technical direction, coding standards, and review model and system designs
- Balance hands-on technical work with team leadership and execution
Requirements :
- Proven experience building and deploying production-grade ASR / Speech systems
- Strong hands-on skills in PyTorch and ML engineering
- Experience with real-time or streaming inference systems
- Prior experience leading or mentoring ML engineers
Nice to Have :
- Exposure to telephony audio and noisy environments
- Research publications or patents in speech or audio
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