Amazon.com Services LLC

Consumer Electronics

SeniorAudioAppliedScientist,Edge

$167–226k Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Audio Applied Scientist, Edge at Amazon.com Services LLC. Skills: Audio processing, Spatial audio, Music rendering, Signal processing. Champion Echo music processing technology innovation. Propose new research projects”

What You'll Achieve.

Impact on Echo customers

Industry & Context.

Consumer Electronics

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years industry or academic research experience, Experience in embedded development in C/C++, Experience with full software development life cycle, Experience in written and oral communication, Proven track record in commercializing audio algorithms, Passion for high fidelity music rendering, Skilled in critical listening, Expert knowledge in music signal processing theory, Proficient with real-time audio programming in C/C++, Proficient with real-time audio programming in Python/Matlab

Nice to Have

Peer-reviewed scientific contributions, Experience with ML application in music processing, Basic understanding of physical acoustics, Basic understanding of room acoustics, Basic understanding of transducer theory, Good understanding of smart audio system design, Familiarity with voice processing, Understanding of music production process, Experience with mentoring junior researchers, Experience with mentoring graduate interns

What You'll Do.

Champion Echo music processing technology innovation

Propose new research projects

Get buy-in from stakeholders

Lead team for successful execution

Work closely with product development team

Bring prototype algorithm into commercialization

Lead team in open environment

Lead team in collaborative environment

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Inter-disciplinary product development team; Open and collaborative environment

Communication Scope

Written communication; Oral communication; Communicate with all levels

Full Job Description

The Devices and Services org at Amazon has been the innovation engine of consumer electronics at Amazon with the industry-leading Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TV, Echo, the most popular smart speaker and Alexa, the leading AI assistant. We are looking for Senior Applied Scientist- Audio to join the Edge Technology team. We are responsible for all of the Echo audio features including Spatial audio and Home Theater. Your work will have a large impact on the lives of Echo customers as music listening is the most popular feature. 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

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