[Hiring] Linguistic and Childhood Language Development Specialist @Tobii Dynavox

Role Description

Tobii Dynavox is seeking a highly qualified Linguistic and Childhood Language Development specialist to support the development and review of Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) content for a specific target-language community. This project is critical in ensuring that AAC content is linguistically and culturally meaningful, relevant, and aligned with real-world communication needs.

We are aiming for a project start in Fall/Winter 2026.

Target Language: Norwegian

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute knowledge and expertise to childhood language development in the target language.
• Help develop a lexical database that organizes words by part of speech and morphological form.
• Support the evaluation and selection of existing lexical data sources.
• Review lexical data for errors and make corrections as needed.
• Collaborate closely with software developers and AAC content experts to define language-specific software features and expected behaviors based on the syntactic and grammatical structure of the target language.
• Review the software product and AAC implementations to ensure that vocabulary, grammar, and syntax in the target language are well supported for children’s communication needs.

Qualifications

• Native speaker of the target language.
• Fluency in English.
• Background in linguistics and childhood language development.
• Strong understanding of the grammatical structure and morphology of the target language, with the ability to discuss complex linguistic concepts with English-speaking developers.
• Strong knowledge of research on language development and vocabulary acquisition in the target language for typically developing children.
• Conceptual understanding of AAC principles and how vocabulary, grammar, and language development are represented in AAC systems.

Requirements

• Familiarity with AAC vocabulary organization, content design, or communication support tools for children.
• Experience reviewing lexical resources, language data, or language-focused software products.

Project Commitment

• The project is estimated to require up to 200 hours in total over a period of approximately 9 months, with an expected workload of up to 20 hours per week, depending on the project phase.
• This includes ongoing collaboration with developers, with two weekly meetings (30–60 minutes each).
• The remaining time is expected to be dedicated to independent, self-directed work.
• The work will be performed remotely, with meeting times aligned to Stockholm (CET).
• Scheduling is expected to be flexible within the agreed project timeline.
• This is an independent contractor role. This engagement does not constitute an employment relationship. Contractors are responsible for managing their own taxes.

Benefits

• A meaningful role with significant impact on the AAC community in the target region.
• The opportunity to shape communication tools used by individuals with complex communication needs.
• Collaboration with an experienced and international development team.
• Competitive project-based compensation.

How to Apply

• Your CV.
• A brief statement outlining your motivation.
• Your availability and earliest possible start date.

Please submit your questions to [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you. Apply today!

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