Senior Audio Applied Scientist, Edge Technology

About the role

Join the Edge Technology team within Amazon's Devices and Services org, responsible for all Echo audio features including Spatial audio and Home Theater. As Senior Applied Scientist- Audio, you will champion Echo music processing technology innovation from ideation to productization, with direct impact on the most popular Echo customer feature—music listening.

Key job responsibilities

• Champion Echo music processing technology innovation from ideation, proof of concept to productization
• Propose new research projects, get buy-in from stakeholders, and lead the team for successful execution
• Work closely with an inter-disciplinary product development team including outside partners to bring the prototype algorithm into commercialization
• Be a team leader in an open and collaborative environment

Basic Qualifications

• 5+ years of industry or academic research experience
• Experience in embedded development in C/C++, or experience with full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience in written and oral communication, including the ability to communicate with all levels in the organization (technical, business, executive)
• Proven track record in commercializing innovative audio (music processing especially in spatial audio) algorithms
• Passion for high fidelity music rendering and skilled in critical listening
• Expert knowledge in music signal processing theory and applications—filter design optimization, limiter/compressor, dynamic range compression, up mixing, binaural rendering, etc.
• Proficient with real-time audio programming in C/C++ and Python/Matlab

Preferred Qualifications

• Have peer-reviewed scientific contributions in premier journals and conferences
• Experience with ML application in music processing—generative model (diffusion or auto-encoder) for source separation, up mixing and 3D audio applications
• Basic understanding of physical acoustics, room acoustics, and transducer theory
• Good understanding of a full smart audio system design—microphone array, loudspeaker, ADC, gain stages
• Familiarity with voice processing—beamforming, echo cancellation, noise reduction, etc.
• Understanding of music production process—stereo and multichannel audio formats, mixing/mastering and reproduction
• Experience with mentoring junior researchers and graduate interns

Pay

• USA, CA, Sunnyvale: $192,200.00 – $260,000.00 USD annually
• USA, MA, Cambridge: $167,100.00 – $226,100.00 USD annually
• USA, WA, Bellevue: $167,100.00 – $226,100.00 USD annually
• Additional compensation includes sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs); final compensation determined by experience, qualifications, and location

Benefits

• Health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage
• 401(k) matching
• Paid time off and parental leave

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