Speech and Immersive Technologies Internship ESPN Fall 2015 APPLY NOW

Role Rundown Company Overview:

The Walt Disney Company is a world-class entertainment and technological leader. Walt’s

passion was to continuously envision new ways to move audiences around the world—a

passion that remains our touchstone in an enterprise that stretches from theme parks,

resorts and a cruise line to sports, news, movies and a variety of other businesses. Uniting

each endeavor is a commitment to creating and delivering unforgettable experiences — and

we’re constantly looking for new ways to enhance these exciting experiences. Bring your

individual talents here and discover for yourself why a career with Disney is the opportunity

you’ve been looking for.

Segment Overview:

ESPN, Inc., The Worldwide Leader in Sports, is the leading multinational, multimedia sports

entertainment company featuring the broadest portfolio of multimedia sports assets with

over 50 business entities. Headquartered in Bristol, Connecticut, ESPN is 80% owned by

ABC, Inc. (a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company), and 20% by the Hearst Corporation.

ESPN was founded by Bill Rasmussen and launched on September 7, 1979. Now with over

6,500 employees, each year ESPN televises more than 5,100 live and/or original hours of

sports programming. The company’s mission is to serve sports fans. Anytime. Anywhere.

Department Overview:

The Advanced Technology group is part of ESPN's industry-leading technology division, with

the charter to innovate, explore, adopt and prototype industry leading, next generation

technologies, platforms and solutions. The group will focus on forward-looking projects,

leading to meaningful products, solutions and experiences for ESPN fans and business.

Responsibilities

This position will be part of the Speech and Immersive Technologies Track of ESPN's

Advanced Technology Group, contributing to computer human interface (CHI), speech

recognition, multi-touch gesture interfaces, haptic, tactile, auditory, motion tracking and

gaze tracking technologies to deliver customized user experiences. The group will strive to

innovate industry-changing products for both broadcast and digital media, with the focus to

deliver high quality leading-edge innovations, from concept to reality.

The intern will:

Participate in designing and implementing services, applications and frameworks related to

projects in the Personalization, Speech Recognition and Immersive Technologies, technology

track

Participate in ideation, design and development of ATG projects

Basic Qualifications

Competency in C and C++ programming

Knowledge of one or more scripting languages (JavaScript, Python, Perl)

Prior development experience using Linux/Unix (Eclipse IDE) and Windows (Visual Studio

IDE) or Mac (XCode)

Preferred Qualifications

Understanding of speech recognition algorithm and prior experience with using an open

source speech recognition engine

Prior experience in one or more of the following:

Understanding of language modeling and search algorithms

Knowledge of Cloud Computing and Distributed Computing APIs

Parallel algorithm design and development

Knowledge or multicore architectures (GPGPU, Multicore processors). Knowledge of GPGPU

programming & competence in one or more parallel programming APIs (CUDA, OpenCL,

OpenMP)

Acoustic Model training experience; Performance/Accuracy training

Noise Cancellation, noise reduction, noise suppression

Computer Human Interaction (CHI)

Prior experience with SDKs for mobile platform development (Android, iOS)

Analysis and problem solving skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work in teams

Required Education

Currently enrolled in M.S. or Ph.D. graduate program in Computer Science, Computer

Engineering or a related discipline with strong programming background

Internship Program Type

Professional Internship

Additional Information

Internship Eligibility:

Must be enrolled in a college/university taking at least one class in the semester/quarter

(spring/fall) prior to participation in the internship program OR be currently participating in

a Disney College Program or Disney Professional Internship

Must be at least 18 years of age

Must not have completed one year of continual employment on a Disney internship or

program. Note: Once you have completed one consecutive year of employment on a Disney

internship or program, there must be a minimum 6 month gap before the start of a new

internship or program

Must possess unrestricted work authorization

Must provide full work availability, which will include nights, weekends and holidays

Must provide own transportation to/from work

Program Length:

The length of this internship is 10 weeks, and Interns will work 40 hours per week. The

approximate dates of this internship are September 14, 2015 - November 20, 2015. Interns

must be fully available for the duration of the internship.

Housing:

Subsidized housing may be available on a first come, first serve basis for interns who live

greater than 50 miles from work location.

Recommendation – Print This Role Description:

Strong candidates may be invited to complete a phone interview. We strongly encourage

applicants to print a copy of this role description so they can refer to it in the event they are

selected for a phone interview.

ESPN is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Female/Minority/Veteran/Disability. Our goal is to

create an inclusive workplace for all.

Job ID: 269597BR-1