Senior Audio Applied Scientist, Edge Technology

Requirements

• 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
• 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
• Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
• USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 192,200.00 - 260,000.00 USD annually
• USA, MA, Cambr

Additional Information

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

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