Embeded Audio DSP Specialist

Position Name Audio DSP Specialist

Location Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid)

Contract Duration Long term contract with strong possibility of extension or conversion to fulltime employment

Rates As per market

Job Description:

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced Audio DSP Engineer to join our In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) audio development team for electric vehicle (EV) platforms. The role will focus on real-time audio signal processing, particularly voice communication / ECNR and audio post-processing.

This is a hands-on engineering role. The ideal candidate should be comfortable developing, integrating, debugging, tuning, and validating audio algorithms on an embedded production platform.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Development of audio processing stack: Drive the implementation and optimization of the infotainment audio software stack.
• Develop and integrate voice communication and voice recognition solutions for IVI (In-vehicle infotainment) platforms.
• Work closely with HW engineers and the system integration team to ensure tight integration and that the audio stack meets high-quality standards.
• Work closely with QA team to perform comprehensive testing, debugging, and validation.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS ( MUST HAVE)

• Audio DSP: Strong hands-on development experience with speech and microphone-array signal processing algorithms.
• Experience with several of the following components is expected:
• Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC)
• Adaptive Beamforming: MVDR or similar techniques
• Noise Reduction (NR)
• Residual Echo Suppression (RES)
• Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
• Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
• Wind noise reduction
• Directional of Arrival (DoA) estimation
• Speech enhancement

Experience may include (Good to Have)

• Traditional DSP / statistical signal-processing algorithms
• Deep Learning / Neural Network based speech enhancement
• Hybrid DSP + ML solutions
• Audio Post-Processing: Hands-on experience developing or integrating real-time audio playback and post-processing pipelines, including:
• Audio mixing / routing
• Volume / Gain control
• Mute / ducking
• Channel mapping
• Equalization
• Audio filtering
• Sample rate conversion, etc.
• ALSA / Linux Audio: Strong understanding of Linux audio architecture, particularly ALSA
• Real-time Audio SW Development experience: Strong C/C++ software development experience with real-time audio processing systems.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Commercialization experience: Voice communication and/or Voice recognition features
• Automotive / IVI Experience Strong Plus: Experience developing audio systems for automotive or IVI platforms is highly desirable.
• Hands-on experience with DSP Concepts Audio Weaver (AWE) is highly desirable.
• Experience with acoustic measurement, tuning, and validation equipment and tools: HATS, HEAD acoustics, Audio Precision

SKILLS

• Strong experience with C/C++, Python, and Matlab
• Audio Weaver