Senior Audio Applied Scientist, Edge Technology

Key job responsibilities

In this role, you will:

• Be the champion of 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

Base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location.

• 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