Do you like Alexa? Do you have a passion for cars? Do you love bleeding edge technology? Are you a Research scientist looking for the next big challenge? Alexa Automotive is looking for a Research Scientist to bring Alexa - the voice controlled personal assistant behind Amazon Echo – to automobiles. The team seeks to provide seamless experiences for customers using Alexa in the car. Alexa Automotive team is looking for a linguist who loves to script and code or an engineer with a passion for linguistics. Our mission is to build the best voice-enabled experience for the automobile, delighting our customer with never-before possible interactions that not only improve the overall driving experience but also continually surprise and delight our customers. We are seeking a Language Engineer with experience in linguistic annotation, ontologies, taxonomies and/or semantic schemata. In this role, you will directly affect the customer experience through your ownership of the annotation schema for
· Bachelor’s or higher degree in a relevant field · 2+ years experience in computational linguistics, language data processing, semantics, or syntax · Experience with language annotation and other forms of data markup · Experience working with speech and text language data in multiple languages · Experience with database queries and data analysis processes (SQL, R, Matlab, etc.) and Unix · Experience programming in Python, Perl, or another scripting language · Experience using data to support business decisions· Expertise in building ontologies, taxonomies, and semantic relation frameworks · Experience