Audio Tools Engineering Intern – Summer 2018

About Us:
We bring objects to life through Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, allowing people to build relationships with technology that feel a little more human.

At Anki, we create robots that move you.

With multiple hit entertainment products, including Overdrive and Cozmo, we are now making a big push to scale our robotics platform into broader consumer markets. To date, we have closed over $200M in investments from top-tier investors such as Andreessen Horowitz and JP Morgan Chase and are once again growing our talented AI Engineering team.

We’re heading in the right direction and we want to keep it that way – that’s why we need you.

You’ll get to work for a company where fun is hard-wired into our product and our culture. And you’ll help one of the most forward-thinking robotics companies out there break new ground, every day.

Visit the Anki website ( https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/3319f8b2cc2e2680824b13cae71f91b7ccb25b66?url=http%3A%2F%2Fanki.com%2F&userId=1863325&signature=9f6bf3bc012e941f ) and find us on Facebook ( https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/ee2d10dc7e46da2398fb0ee2864f4b6e9908ba67?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FAnki&userId=1863325&signature=b26993ebf7fb8fee ) and YouTube ( https://mailtrack.io/trace/link/c7d04e6eab1c85c305ce0e82020e737a844cd7ca?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fanki&userId=1863325&signature=07003ab8c14f1f71 ) to learn more.

Description:
We are seeking an Audio Tools Engineer Intern to help us build and enhance our environment for creating content for robotic products. This position will be working closely with our creative teams to help enable them to create better content faster. The person filling the role should be an engineer who can understand the needs of an audio designer or animator, translate that into software requirements and then implement corresponding code that integrates well with the existing tools and process of our creative teams.

At Anki you will learn:

• To work in a collaborative medium-size team with iterative methodologies
• How to understand existing software, propose and estimate improvements, and guide it to completion
• Design principles for entertaining and engaging experiences in a physical space
• How to create content by combining artistic talent with innovative engineering
• Working in a cross-platform environment

Responsibilities:

• Build and maintain tools for audio designers and animators
• Understand software requirements/needs from non-engineers and develop tools accordingly
• Implement a maintainable code base

Must-Have Qualifications:

• C++ programming skills
• Understanding of data versioning needs and version control systems
• Ability to learn by reading documentation and code
• Troubleshooting, debugging, and optimization skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Interest in audio and robotics

Nice to have:

• Previous experience with Git and other version control systems
• Previous experience with Wwise or other applications for authoring/managing audio
• Understanding of audio data
• Python programming skills
• Previous audio or entertainment projects

Benefits:

• Great San Francisco office with lots of light and great views, convenient to every mode of mass transit – on wheels, on rails and on water
• Regularly scheduled on and off-site team building activities
• Start-up environment where you’ll help shape the culture and have a huge impact
• Free catered lunches, snacks, and drinks
• You get to work on innovative products and challenging problems with some amazingly talented (and fun) people!

Company Highlights:

• Top tier investors such as Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, JPMorgan Investment, and Two Sigma Ventures.
• Experts in the industry: Co-Founded by 3 Carnegie Mellon PhDs in robotics and machine learning. Huge leap over competitors in terms of product development and domain knowledge.
• Cozmo is the #1 premium priced toy in the country.
• Huge market potential: Conglomerate of applications in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence space.
• Record revenue growth over the last three years.
• Headquartered in San Francisco with over 200 employees and plans to scale.