TTS Audio Specialist Fully Remote

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) French
Type: Contract
Compensation: $50/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Edit and process French voice recordings for use in TTS and speech AI systems.
• Perform audio cleanup including silence trimming breath reduction/removal de-clicking de-essing and noise reduction.
• Conduct detailed quality assurance checks for clipping distortion background noise and loudness consistency.
• Ensure audio meets strict technical specifications for ML training pipelines.
• Evaluate recordings for French pronunciation accuracy naturalness and fluency.
• Collaborate with teams on French speech datasets voice talent recordings and model training workflows.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Native or near-native French speaker with strong listening intuition for French speech nuances.
• Experience editing speech or voice recordings.
• Strong understanding of speech audio quality standards.
• Hands-on experience with iZotope RX Pro Tools or similar audio restoration software.
• Ability to identify and fix artifacts inconsistencies and technical defects in audio.
• Experience working with high-volume audio datasets.

Preferred

• Experience working with TTS vendors or platforms.
• Prior involvement in speech ML voice AI or dataset creation/annotation workflows.
• Familiarity with audio QA pipelines labeling or evaluation processes.
• Experience directing or editing French voice talent recordings.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)

• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

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