Amazon
Principal Audio Scientist, Fauna
$219K–$296K
New York, NY · Principal · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years of relevant research experience after a PhD, or 12+ years of equivalent experience with a Master's degree.
- Education
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Acoustics, or a related field, or a Master's degree.
About the job
Serve as Fauna’s technical authority for robot hearing, designing and shipping audio algorithms and architecture while guiding hardware decisions and mentoring audio teams.
What you'll do
- Set the audio science roadmap and architecture; design algorithms for robot-noise suppression, echo cancellation, multi-microphone processing, and robust on-robot listening.
- Guide microphone and speaker placement, enclosure acoustics, and vibration isolation; develop data collection and evaluation methods.
- Present audio tradeoffs to leaders and partner teams, and mentor scientists and engineers.
What they ask for
- Influence multiple stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams across geographies and business units.
- PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Acoustics, or a related field plus 7+ years of relevant post-degree research experience, or a Master's degree plus 12+ years of equivalent experience.
- Deep hands-on expertise in multi-microphone audio processing, such as beamforming, echo cancellation, and noise suppression.
- Track record of designing and shipping audio front-end algorithms on a physical device with acoustic challenges; experience influencing microphone-array design and acoustic integration.
Nice to have
- Experience with device-generated noise suppression, sound-source localization, noisy far-field wake-word or voice-activity detection, or real-time embedded/edge optimization.
- Experience in robotics or audio sensor fusion, mentoring scientists and engineers, or audio/speech publications or patents.
Pay
218,800.00 - 295,900.00 USD annually (base salary)
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