Join Sesame as a Senior Audio Systems Engineer to innovate on smart wearable devices with advanced audio capabilities.
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Last verified on the company career page 2 hours ago
What you'll build
- Define, tune, evaluate, and ship high-quality speech reproduction systems
- Create transfer function from product-level requirements to audio system requirements
- Design, analyze, and refine real-time audio capture systems
- Collaborate on system architecture and oversee implementation
- Evaluate third-party audio technologies
Must have
- 4+ years of experience in audio hardware development
- Experience in designing, tuning, and testing microphone arrays
- Track record in developing audio solutions
- Hands-on experience with audio testing systems
- Background in DSP techniques
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Acoustics, or similar
Nice to have
- 8+ years of experience in audio hardware development
- Proficiency in a high-level programming language
- Familiarity with human perception of sound
- Experience with psychoacoustic metrics
- Familiarity with audio rendering techniques
- M.Sc. or Ph.D. in EE, Computer Science, Acoustics, or related disciplines
Requirements
- Experience
- 4–8 years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
Not disclosed in this posting: compensation, work arrangement, visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Audio Systems Engineer at Sesame focuses on developing advanced audio capabilities for smart wearable devices, ensuring high-quality speech reproduction and spatial audio capture. Key skills include experience in audio hardware development, DSP techniques, and proficiency with audio testing systems. This role is ideal for professionals with a strong background in acoustics and consumer electronics, particularly those with several years of experience in the field. Sesame's team comprises industry veterans from leading tech companies, fostering a collaborative environment for innovation.
Joblaze insights
Quick facts
- How much experience is required?
- 4–8 years of relevant experience for this Audio Systems Engineer role.
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: COMSOL, DSP, MATLAB, Python.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Sesame targets senior candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Audio Systems Engineer role at Sesame.
From the original posting
About the Role
Join 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
Unlimited PTO and sick time
Guardian Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Benefits do not apply to contingent/contract workers.
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