28 January: fyi -- jobs, UK
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Job ad 1
Job Title: Technical Consultant in Speech Recognition
Line Report to: Head of Consultancy and Training
Job Purpose:
The main aim of this role is to fulfil client-based work in the
implementation of speech recognition based solutions. The scope of the work
broadly covers dialog design and HCI aspects, to design, implementation and
configuration of solutions that encompass best of breed products.
Main Accountabilities:
* Deployment and configuration of speech recognition based solutions in
corporate, call centre and telecommunication environments.
* Represent the company as a customer facing engineer carrying out work on
customer premises either locally in the UK or abroad
* Project management of solution based work with awareness of costing,
delivery testing and deployment and a working knowledge of standard project
management lifecycles
* Team leading small to medium size projects
* Selling consultancy work where appropriate
* Become an expert in a relevant field such as dialog design, CRM or
application configuration
* Internal consulting and sales support closely working with pre-sales on
customer proposals
* Maintaining an awareness of the industry
* Preparing and delivering training courses to clients and internally
Experience:
* At least 3 years experience in a Telecoms Engineering role
* At least 3 years experience in a Software Engineering role
* A minimum of 6-12 months consultancy experience
* Experience in user interface design and ergonomics
* Broad knowledge base - to include:
* Product Lifecycle
* Commercial knowledge and awareness
* Industry knowledge and understanding
* Customer exposure - all levels
Skills
* Good verbal and written presentation abilities
* Strong technical knowledge and understanding - to include:
* C/C++ coding (experience and strong working knowledge)
* NT/UNIX (experience and strong working knowledge)
* Confident and assertive manner combined with a diplomatic approach
* Full understanding and working knowledge of Software Development
Lifecycles
* Good verbal and written communication abilities
* Sound commercial abilities (costing, understanding of how functions
interrelate to develop and market products and solutions)
Salary c?45K + benefits
Location UK
Reference VODCSR2
Contact Rachael West RachaelW@VisionRecruitment.com
Further Information www.VoiceFutures.com
Job ad 2
Job Title Project Manager - Speech Recognition Solutions Provider
Location UK
Reference VSCPM2
Role Outline
* Manage developers producing innovative solutions within the speech
recognition field - managing both development and implementation activities
* Work with the pre-sales team to win new business
* Motivate teams to deliver their best
Essential Experience
* 3 years project management in IT
* A SW development background - preferably C++/Java
* Excellent expectation management skills
Beneficial Experience
* Development experience in the Speech Recognition or Telecomms fields
* Experience in the use the Prince 2 methodology
* Degree - IT or Engineering related
Additional Information
* Objectives will be broad so there is plenty of scope for taking the
initiative, being imaginative and promoting ideas
* candidates will need to feel comfortable delivering complex solutions
within an environment which is sometimes unstructured/chaotic
Salary c?50K + benefits
Location UK
Reference VSCPM2
Contact Rachael West RachaelW@VisionRecruitment.com
Further Information www.VoiceFutures.com
Job AD 3
C++ SOFTWARE ENGINEER (ASR & TTS), UK
Working as part of a product development group, you will be responsible for
both design and implementation of a number of speech recognition and
synthesis products. You should have a 2.1 degree in a relevant technical
discipline and a minimum 3 years experience developing commercial software
in a Microsoft C++ environment. Key responsibilities for the post are:
* Software Design - Detailed design of software modules drawing on
technology and algorithms from the core speech technology group.
* Software implementation - Creation and testing of software to industrial
quality standards, for Windows, Unix and embedded software environments.
Experience of ATL/COM, embedded software development or a general background
knowledge of speech technology would be an advantage. Reporting to the
product development manger, you will join a team of about 40 scientific and
software experts working in pleasant surroundings.
Salary c?30K + benefits
Location UK
Reference V2CDEV1
Contact Rachael West RachaelW@VisionRecruitment.com
Further Information www.VoiceFutures.com
Adam Stiling
Vision Recruitment
+44 (0)20 8390 6390 Main No
+44 (0)20 8390 6357 Direct
+44 (0)20 8390 4513 Fax
Email adams@visionrecruitment.com
Visit us online www.VisionRecruitment.com
Voice Technologies www.VoiceFutures.com
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