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Audio DSP Firmware Engineer - Contractor

Job Description

You will be working in a challenging environment to specify, implement and test audio DSP firmware including signal processing frameworks, device drivers for sound I/O peripherals and porting of in-house and third-party signal processing algorithms.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver robust firmware on target platforms.
• Develop and debug multi-threaded firmware applications on real-time hardware platforms.
• Interact with platform hardware engineers, stack developers, algorithm engineers, application engineers, quality/test engineers, and many more groups on a regular basis to ensure requirements and specifications are being met.
• Participate in the generation of requirements and test protocols.
• Actively participate in code reviews and design reviews.
• Contribute to failure analysis to understand where hardware and software can fail and how we can mitigate these risks.
• Document the design of your software and participate in the formal release of documentation.
• A go-getter, willing to learn about the latest in the high-tech and develop world class product features.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in an embedded microcontroller firmware development.
• Strong programming experience and demonstrated proficiency in C and C++ for embedded systems.
• Familiar with Makefile, CMakeList files and development toolchains, IDEs, debuggers.
• Experience working with hardware debuggers (such as JTAGs), analyzers and oscilloscopes.
• Experience with common interfaces such as I2S, I2C, SPI, UART, PCIE..
• Experience working with real-time operating systems (RTOS) and good understanding of Linux and Android frameworks.
• Hands on experience with one or more major microprocessor architectures (ARM and/or DSP based).
• Familiar with modern firmware and software development methodologies and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to work as a team player, as part of a local and globally distributed team.
• Good communication skills.
• Preferred candidates would have experience in speech/audio drivers, firmware or application development, algorithm porting to ARM / DSP platforms, and codec optimization.
• Experience/good familiarity with DSP concepts like filters, fixed-point arithmetic, and optimization techniques. DSP/ARM assembly experience is a plus.

• MATLAB and/or Python experience is a plus.

• Working experience with multichannel DMAs, real-time audio capture or playback is a plus.

Education:

• BS/BA in Computer Science is required
• MS/MA is preferred

Additional Information

• All your information will be kept confidential according to Equal Employment Opportunities guidelines.