Job Description

Position Summary, Responsibilities and Expectations:

Lead and mentor an audio firmware team, including task planning, technical guidance, and performance management.
Own audio firmware architecture and technical direction for gaming peripheral products.
Oversee development of audio protocol (USB, Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz wireless), DSP control, codecs, and latency optimization.
Collaborate with hardware and acoustic teams on bring-up, tuning, and validation of audio systems.
Drive firmware quality through code reviews, debugging, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement practices.
Tracking and reporting regularly on development progress to the project manager and related product team members.
Generation of FRD, test protocol, etc.
Coordinate withthe Validation team to define test strategies, validation criteria, and issue triage processes
Ensure on-time delivery aligned with NPI schedules and milestone commitments.
Communicate technical status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to cross-functional and executive stakeholders.

Essential Skills And Experience

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
8+ years of embedded firmware development experience, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership or management role.
Strong background in audio firmware for consumer or gaming devices (USB Audio, Bluetooth Audio, wireless audio systems).
Experience with MCUs/SoCs, RTOS, DSPs, and low-level driver development.
Solid understanding of audio concepts such as sampling, latency, synchronization, echo cancellation, and noise processing.
Proven ability to manage multi-project priorities in a fast-paced consumer electronics environment.
English communication skills, both written and verbal, for collaboration with global teams and partners
Experience in the gaming peripheral industry is highly preferred
Experience with CI/CD for embedded systems (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
Familiarity with power profiling tools and energy-aware design.

Firmware Manager - Audio