Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan ya yi aiki a Yaƙin Duniya na I, Ryder ya yi nazarin kimiyyar lissafi da lissafi a Jami'ar California, Berkeley, ya kammala karatu a 1924. Ya tafi aiki a Pacific Telephone &amp; Telegraph inda ya haɓaka ingantacciyar dabara don watsa hotuna ta layin waya, ta amfani da bawul ɗin haske. A cikin 1928, Ryder ya shiga Paramount Pictures inda ya yi aiki a fagen fitowar hotuna masu magana. Daga 1936 zuwa 1957 ya yi aiki a matsayin babban injiniyan sutudiyo da darektan sauti. Wasu daga cikin nasarorin da ya samu sun hada da ci gaban tsarin VistaVision mai fadi da kuma samar da fim na farko mai tsawo ta amfani da rikodin sauti na magnetic. Ryder ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar samarwa waɗanda suka sami lambar yabo ta Academy Honorary Award a 11th Academy Awards
saboda kokarin da suka yi a fim din Paramount "Spawn of the North". A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na II, Janar George S. Patton ya yi amfani da ƙwarewar sauti na Ryder don taimakawa wajen ɓoye sautin tankokin Amurka a yakin Bulge.