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Audio Systems Engineer – Hearables

Audio Systems Engineer – Hearables

CompanyGoogle
LocationMountain View, CA, USA
Salary$126000 – $181000
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s, Master’s, PhD
Experience LevelMid Level

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, a related field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP, etc.), or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of experience working in a consumer hardware technical environment, or 1 year of experience with an advanced degree.
  • Experience with standard audio measurement and analysis tools, (e.g., ACQUA, SoundCheck, Audio Precision, Audition, Matlab/Python).
  • Experience with hearable audio systems (e.g., acoustics, transducers, microphones, ANC, and digital signal processing).

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with Product, Acoustic, Algorithm, and Software teams to define and develop hearable audio systems and deliver solutions that meet key user experiences.
  • Own tuning, evaluation and debugging of hearable audio algorithms, including Active Noise Cancellation (ANC), transparency, and playback.
  • Be an expert in objective and subjective testing, develop tools, tuning strategies and automate new methodologies to launch hearable audio solutions.
  • Validate and debug audio system software, coordinate on algorithm enhancements with developers.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Master’s degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, or a related field (e.g., Optics, Sensors, Audio/DSP).
  • 7 years of experience with consumer hardware, producing new technology.
  • Experience in hearable audio system design, tuning and validation, including ANC, transparency and playback.
  • Experience in objective and subjective assessment of hearables audio quality and ANC/Transparency performance.
  • Experience with control theory and ANC.