[Hiring] French Speech Audio Engineer @Mercor

Role Description

The Audio Engineer (Speech / TTS Audio Specialist) – French will be responsible for the following:

• 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.

Company Description

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 D'Angelo
• Larry Summers
• Jack Dorsey