Quality Assurance Engineer - Audio, Hardware-Technology & Architecture

Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?

Key job responsibilities

As a Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Audio, you will work with consumer application testing expertise. You will join the team of hands-on, pro-active, self-motivated and seasoned SQA professionals. In this role, you will:

• Create test plans, test cases, test setup requirements, and test design to evaluate Audio Algorithms of Devices

• Efficiently execute test cases across all functional areas of our products

• Review product user interface for conformity to design guidelines

• Find, isolate, document, regress, and track bugs through resolution

• Interpret and report testing results, and be a vocal proponent for quality in every phase of the development process

• Work with Software Development Engineers to understand the overall technical architecture and how each feature is implemented

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, mathematics or equivalent

- 4+ years of quality assurance engineering experience

- Experience in manual testing

- Experience in automation testing

- Experience as QA lead on medium to large sized projects

- Audio algorithm testing for speech processing

- Experience using audio analysis tools and performing acoustic and audio measurements.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Experience in gathering test requirements to create detailed test plans and defining quality metrics to measure product quality

- Experience with at least one automated test framework like Selenium or Appium

- Experience with coding/scripting in one or more languages (e.g., Python, C, C++, Java, Ruby, or PowerShell)

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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The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at

USA, CA, Sunnyvale - 131,000.00 - 185,000.00 USD annually