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Lead Audio System Firmware Engineer

Job Description

You will join a stimulating, fast-paced environment to assume leading responsibility in the design and implementation of an embedded audio processing algorithm architecture for Magic Leap’s next-generation mobile computing platform.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical and project leadership within a team responsible for the design and deployment of a complex embedded audio subsystem under strict schedule and power constraints.
• Create clear and thorough requirements and specification documentation for internal and cross-functional reference.
• Lead the implementation, integration and optimization of platform-specific audio algorithm firmware functions.
• Cross-functional liaison with hardware design, software architecture and business development teams. Technical evaluation and integration of 3rd-party technologies.

Qualifications:

Required:

• Extensive experience (minimum 7 years) in designing, implementing and validating advanced audio signal processing firmware systems for consumer devices.
• Familiarity with innovative audio signal processing technology, including spatial audio rendering, transducer fidelity enhancement, microphone array and speech signal enhancement.
• Experience designing, coding and porting complex embedded audio software in C and C++.
• Working knowledge of audio, acoustics, and psychoacoustics.
• Experience with professional software design tools and techniques.

Preferred:

• Experience with hardware and software, wired and wireless, digital audio interfaces and related functions in mobile and/or wearable consumer devices.
• Experience with team and project coordination, including Agile methodology, task scheduling, requirement and milestone tracking.
• Understanding of RTOS and mobile hardware. Knowledge of data storage, caching, performance, memory, reliability optimization strategies.
• Experience with software/firmware requirements analysis and development as an individual contributor.
• Experience with authoring, editing and presenting technical documents.
• Experience with technical publication and patent application/prosecution.

Education:

• BA/BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science is required
• MS is preferred

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