Job Reference
221_26_AII_S_RE2
Position
Research Engineer - Deep Learning Models for Speech (RE2)
Closing Date
Monday, 15 June, 2026
About BSC
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center - Centro Nacional de Supercomputación (BSC-CNS) is the leading supercomputing center in Spain. It houses MareNostrum, one of the most powerful supercomputers in Europe, and is a founding and hosting member of the former European HPC infrastructure PRACE. It currently hosts EuroHPC JU and supports both HPC service provision and R&D across science disciplines. BSC operates with over 1000 staff from 60 countries.
Context And Mission
The Speech Team at the newly established AI Institute hosted at BSC brings together expertise in automatic speech recognition, speech synthesis, and speech LLMs, with an emphasis on low-resource languages. The team contributes to national initiatives such as the AINA and ALIA projects and participates in EU‑ and other nationally funded research projects. This role focuses on developing deep learning models for speech‑related tasks.
Key Duties
- Design and implement deep learning models for speech‑related tasks.
- Prepare model training in HPC clusters.
- Ensure the quality of the training data and models.
- Document and publish data, code and models on open platforms.
- Supervise licensing and intellectual property of data and models in the speech team.
- Participate in the application for research projects and in the management of the ongoing ones.
- Write research papers and project deliverables.
- Mentor junior ML engineers.
Requirements
Education
- Master's Degree in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Computational Linguistics or related disciplines.
Essential Knowledge and Professional Experience
- At least 2 years of experience in machine learning.
- At least 2 years of experience in deep learning frameworks relevant to speech or audio processing.
- Experience in speech or audio processing.
- Native or good level of spoken and written English.
- Programming skills: Linux, Python, deep learning libraries, git.
Additional Knowledge and Professional Experience
- Experience developing open‑source software and resources.
- Experience working in a dynamic ML team.
- Native or good level of spoken and written Catalan and/or Spanish.
- Strong understanding of linguistic concepts.
Competences
- Ability to work independently and in a team to complete tasks on schedule.
- Ability to work under set deadlines.
Conditions
- The position will be located at BSC within the Directors Department.
- Full‑time contract (35 h/week) with a stimulating environment, flexible working hours, extensive training plan, restaurant tickets, private health insurance and support for relocation procedures.
- Open‑ended contract tied to project and budget duration.
- Holidays: 22 days + 6 personal days + 24th and 31st December as per collective agreement.
- Competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience and aligned with Barcelona cost of living.
- Starting date: ASAP.
Equal Opportunity Employer
BSC‑CNS is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion. We consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or any other basis protected by applicable state or local law.
