Machine Learning Research Engineer - Speech/Audio/Gen-AI - 6 Month Fixed Term Contract

Samsung Research UK (SRUK) invites applications for an exceptional and highly motivated Machine Learning Research Engineer to join our AI team in Staines‑upon‑Thames. This role offers a unique opportunity to translate cutting‑edge research into real‑world impact, working on challenges that demand creative problem‑solving and robust engineering practices.

This 6‑month fixed‑term contract seeks a candidate ready to start immediately. It suits both PhD students looking for an internship and PhD holders seeking a short‑term contract. The role focuses on developing complex audio and speech‑related applications, with an expectation of contributing to deployments used by millions of users worldwide.

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• Conduct independent research in audio and speech processing, covering signal processing, machine learning and deep learning.
  
• Design, develop and implement innovative algorithms and systems for audio/speech analysis, enhancement, separation and understanding.
  
• Lead the development of software prototypes and experimental systems, maintaining high code quality and maintainability.
  
• Collect, analyse and prepare data for the training and evaluation of machine‑learning models, and help build and curate datasets.
  
• Evaluate the performance of algorithms and systems through rigorous experimentation and statistical analysis.
  
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of researchers and engineers to integrate findings into Samsung products and services.
  
• Publish research results in top‑tier conferences and journals.
  

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• PhD in Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related discipline.
  
• Strong programming skills in Python and experience debugging complex software systems; proficiency in C++ is a plus.
  
• Solid grasp of machine‑learning and deep‑learning fundamentals, including architectures, training techniques and evaluation metrics.
  
• Proven research experience in audio and speech processing with publications in top conferences (ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, INTERSPEECH, ICASSP, IEEE/ACM TASLP).
  
• Experience with TensorFlow or PyTorch.
  
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills, able to design and conduct rigorous experiments.
  
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
  

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• Experience with audio signal‑processing techniques and tools (filter design, spectral analysis).
  
• Experience with speech recognition, text‑to‑speech, speech enhancement or natural language processing.
  
• Experience with generative AI in audio/speech context.
  
• Experience with Git and software‑development best practices.
  
• Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
  
• Experience with large‑scale data processing and distributed computing.
  

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• The role is based in the Samsung R&D Institute, Staines‑upon‑Thames, Surrey, UK.
  
• Hybrid working policy: 3 days onsite, 2 days work‑from‑home per week.
  

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