Research Engineer Intern, Speech Generation - Spring 2026

Genies is an avatar technology company focused on AI companions and digital identity. They are seeking a Research Engineer Intern to join their AI team, where the intern will work on developing generative AI models for speech generation and improve audio fidelity and voice cloning capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Research, design, and implement state-of-the-art Generative AI models for speech generation, including Text-to-Speech (TTS) and Voice Clone
• Investigate and apply novel architectures such as Flow Matching, or Autoregressive Transformers to improve audio fidelity and voice cloning capabilities
• Develop techniques for disentangled representation learning to separate speaker identity from prosody and emotion, enabling highly controllable and expressive character voices
• Optimize deep learning models for real-time inference, focusing on latency reduction and throughput improvement

Skills

• Currently pursuing a Master's or PhD degree in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field
• Demonstrated experience with deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch) and Python programming
• Solid understanding of digital signal processing (DSP) fundamentals and audio synthesis concepts
• Experience with at least one relevant area: Speech Synthesis, Voice Clone, or Generative Modeling
• First-author publications in top-tier venues such as ICASSP, Interspeech, NeurIPS, ICML, or ICLR
• Familiarity with model optimization techniques (quantization, distillation) and inference acceleration
• Knowledge or experience integrating machine learning models into production environments
• Previous internship or research experience in audio AI or related domains

Benefits

• Comprehensive health insurance for you and your family (Anthem + Kaiser Options Available)
• Dental and Vision Insurance
• Competitive salaries and 401K program for all full time employees
• Flexible paid time off, sick time, and paid company holidays, in addition to paid parental leave, bereavement leave, and jury duty leave for full-time employees
• Health & wellness support through programs such as monthly wellness reimbursement

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