Audio Systems Engineering Manager, Audio Hardware Technology
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 6, 2026. First seen by Alion on Nov 5, 2026. Amazon scores B on the Alion truth index.
We enjoy bringing music into people's lives! Our team focuses on developing world class audio product solutions and technologies for our Echo speakers and products, Fire TVs, and Alexa tablets, and we research and develop cutting edge technological solutions for hard-to-solve audio engineering problems. In this role, you will guide and mentor experienced audio systems engineers, and build up team capabilities and development processes.
Key job 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 (computer modeling) and design verification (measurements). Manage expenditures against budget. Manage R&D projects and efforts that will maintain our world-class standing in terms of audio product performance. Make sure that the products we deliver to customers correctly reproduce artists' intent. Work with our suppliers to understand and improve their capabilities to build our products.
A day in the life
Every day is of course different, but the stakeholders you work with remains a constant: product management leadership, leaders in related audio functions like audio SW, and leaders in adjacent engineering functions such as electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, reliability, power engineering, manufacturing, and our supply base. We have engineers and partners in both California and Washington, along with a supply base in China, and so there are opportunities for occasional travel.
About the team
Our team contains specialists in the following areas:
- Audio systems design
- Audio transducer design and engineering
- Audio electrical engineering
- Audio architectural specialists
- Audio mechanical engineering specialists
- Audio playback systems tuning
The team you'll be managing is focused on audio systems design, research, and development.
Basic 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
Preferred qualifications
- Experience developing products for large volume production
- Experience managing teams of 8+ engineers
- Master's degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material science, physics or equivalent
- 7+ years experience with the design of audio products and acoustic engineering.
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
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USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 173,700.00 - 234,900.00 USD annually