Senior Audio Systems Engineering Lead

Amazon Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 174,000 - 235,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Life & AD&D insurance

Job summary

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking an Audio Systems Engineering Manager in Sunnyvale, CA to guide and mentor senior engineers across audio systems design, transducer design, and playback tuning. You will build capabilities, drive development processes, and oversee budgeted projects with cross-functional leaders.

The role emphasizes leadership in hardware product development, DFx, and scalable design for high-volume production, with opportunities for travel to Bellevue and international suppliers.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of new hardware products development experience.
• 7+ years of engineering team management experience.
• Experience in engineering team management.
• Experience in new hardware product development.
• Experience in DFx (cost, test, manufacturing).
• Experience with the project management of technical projects.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent, or Doctorate/PhD or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage experienced acoustic engineers in Sunnyvale CA and Bellevue WA.
• Manage resource allocation for projects.
• Provide experienced technical mentoring to engineers to solve hard technical problems.
• Manage lab facilities.
• Grow the team technically, and grow capabilities for predictive design and design verification.
• Manage expenditures against budget.
• Manage R&D projects and efforts to maintain world class audio performance.
• Ensure products reproduce artists' intent accurately.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Mentoring

Project management

Resource planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent

Doctorate/PhD or equivalent

Job description

Amazon.com Services LLC is seeking an Audio Systems Engineering Manager in Sunnyvale, CA to guide and mentor senior engineers across audio systems design, transducer design, and playback tuning. You will build capabilities, drive development processes, and oversee budgeted projects with cross-functional leaders.

The role emphasizes leadership in hardware product development, DFx, and scalable design for high-volume production, with opportunities for travel to Bellevue and international suppliers.