About the RoleJoin our team to craft a unique take on smart wearable devices with incredibly compact audio capabilities. We're looking for an experienced Audio System Engineer to define, tune, evaluate, and ship high-quality speech reproduction systems and spatialized audio capture solutions.
Responsibilities:- Own aspects of shipping consumer electronic products with market-leading audio performance, independently or with the support of the Audio Lead depending on experience level.
- Create the transfer function from product-level requirement documents to audio system and transducer requirements to ensure product success.
- Design, analyze, and refine real-time audio capture and render systems.
- Research and implement advanced technologies to optimize audio system integration.
- Continuously learn and explore new technologies, setting benchmarks for user experiences.
- Collaborate on system architecture, including algorithms and tools, and oversee implementation.
- Evaluate third-party audio technologies and keep abreast of industry developments.
- Understand the trade-offs in various DSP and ML approaches and platforms for embedded solutions.
- Work with the cross-functional team to innovate on audio solutions.
- Factory testing and build support throughout the product development cycle.
Required Qualifications:- 4+ years of experience in audio hardware development, with at least one shipped consumer electronics product.
- Experience in designing, tuning, and testing microphone arrays and real-time audio capture.
- Track record in developing audio solutions encompassing acoustics, transducers, digital interfaces, audio ICs, and DSPs.
- Hands-on experience with audio testing systems (e.g., SoundCheck, Audio Precision, HATS testing).
- Background in DSP techniques (e.g., FIR/IIR filter design, beamforming, echo cancellation).
- Effective independent operation and teamwork in a dynamic, cross-functional setting.
- Experience with acoustic simulation software, e.g., COMSOL.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Acoustics, or similar.
Preferred Qualifications:- 8+ years of experience in audio hardware development.
- Proficiency in a high-level programming language (e.g., MATLAB, Python).
- Familiarity with human perception of sound.
- Experience with psychoacoustic metrics and evaluation of speech quality and intelligibility.
- Familiarity with audio rendering techniques and speaker technologies.
- Experience in acoustics and consumer audio EE architecture.
- Familiarity with audio algorithm development, ML techniques, and/or neural network implementations.
- M.Sc. or Ph.D. in EE, Computer Science, Acoustics, or related disciplines.
Full-time Employee Benefits: - 401 (k) max employer match: 3.5% of compensation
- 100% employer-paid health, vision, and dental benefits for you and your dependents
- Unlimited PTO and sick time
- Flexible spending account with employer matching up to $1,650/year (medical FSA)
- Guardian Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Opportunity to share in the company's success with competitive stock options
Benefits do not apply to contingent/contract workers.
