Principal Audio Engineer, Production Studio, Siri Speech

Apple Inc

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Los Angeles Metro Area, CA Posted 8 days ago $171,600–$302,200 / year
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TL;DR

As a Principal Audio Engineer on the Siri Speech team in Los Angeles, you will own the technical media production pipeline from performance capture to post-processing for state-of-the-art AI models. You will define audio technical specifications, serve as the authority on recording systems, and lead large-scale data collection efforts across global studio locations. Your responsibilities include engineering efficient workflows, building dashboards, and ensuring quality standards are met while acting as a translator between creative directors, voice talent, and research teams. The role requires deep expertise with Pro Tools, professional studio environments, and experience in scripting or automation to optimize production pipelines for scale and quality. Ideal candidates have extensive hands-on experience in audio engineering, strong analytical skills, and knowledge of machine learning concepts applied to media content production.

Skills

Pro Tools DAWs audio-over-IP Dante scripting automation analytical skills cross-functional collaboration ML-compatible audio datasets training data model interaction metadata integrity neural speech LLM ASR pipelines QA tooling database-driven tracking systems frontend tooling machine learning concepts multilingual multimodal

What you'll do

  • Own the technical media production pipeline from performance capture to ML-compatible delivery across languages and modalities.
  • Define and enforce audio technical specifications for acoustic standards, signal chains, format requirements, and dataset integrity.
  • Serve as the technical authority on recording systems, configuring, troubleshooting, and upgrading independently.
  • Engineer and continuously improve production workflows by building dashboards and tooling for efficiency and visibility.
  • Lead large-scale data collection efforts for multimodal AI models and evaluate partner recording facilities worldwide.

What we're looking for

  • 10+ years experience in audio engineering or technical production with increasing responsibility.
  • Expertise in Pro Tools, studio hardware setup, signal flow, acoustic optimization, and troubleshooting.
  • Ability to build and optimize large-scale production pipelines using scripting or automation.
  • Strong analytical skills for translating complex requirements into actionable processes and standards.
  • Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills across creative directors, voice talent, and ML engineers.
  • Experience delivering ML-compatible audio datasets with metadata integrity and format specifications.
  • Familiarity with audio over IP systems like Dante and QA tooling for production workflows.

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Apple Inc. is a multinational technology company known for designing and manufacturing consumer electronics, software, and online services, including the iPhone, Mac, iPad, and App Store. Industry: Consumer Electronics & Software

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