Audio Dsp Specialist

Position: AUDIO DSP SPECIALIST
Location: Palo Alto

Job Title:

AUDIO DSP SPECIALIST

Location:

Palo Alto, CA. Position: 6-month Contract to Hire. 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 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 in 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 infortainment 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 () - 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, particulary 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