Acoustic Engineer Intern, Ring Hardware
Amazon
Description
Ring's mission is to make neighborhoods safer by creating a Ring of Security around homes and communities with its suite of home security products and services. The Ring product line, along with the Ring Neighbors app, enable Ring to offer affordable, complete, proactive home and neighborhood security in a way no other company has before. With Ring, you’re always home. Ring products such as the Ring Door Bell, Ring Spotlight Camera, and Ring Floodlight Camera are easy to use and offer users benefits that are only made possible through tightly integrated digital imaging technologies and wireless connectivity. Ring is an Amazon company. For more information, visit www.ring.com.
Key job responsibilities
The Acoustic Engineer Intern will support the development of next-generation intelligent audio systems across the Ring/Blink product portfolio. This role focuses on AI-powered audio tuning, audio quality assurance, and smart amplifier performance validation.
You will work closely with acoustic, hardware, firmware, algorithm, and global engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle, contributing to both audio input quality (microphone) and audio output performance (speaker & smart amp). This position offers hands-on exposure to AI-assisted audio evaluation, system-level validation, and cross-functional engineering execution.
• Support AI-powered audio tuning and quality evaluation, leveraging objective speech quality models such as DNSMOS, NISQA, and VISQOL
• Assist in audio performance validation for microphone and speaker systems, including data analysis and issue triage
• Participate in speaker smart amplifier evaluation, including speaker protection behavior, performance limits, and system robustness
• Assist in tracking acoustic design readiness for engineering builds and production milestones
• Work closely with Hardware Engineering, Technology teams, Firmware, and suppliers to keep development activities on schedule
• Support audio component testing, acoustic validation, and root cause analysis for system-level issues
• Support design data review, validation documentation, and issue resolution activities