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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, Music technology, Acoustics, a similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience working in a audio/speaker field.
- Experience with standard audio measurement tools (e.g., sound check, audio precision, and audition).
- Experience with consumer hardware and loudspeakers and with music and media tuning, digital filter design, bass enhancement algorithms, spatial sound, and speaker arrays.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Acoustics, or related disciplines.
- 9 years of experience with consumer hardware.
- Experience with acoustics and audio electrical engineering architecture.
- Experience with subjective and objective audio quality assessment.
- Experience with audio simulation and signal analysis tools (e.g., MATLAB, Klippel Sim).
- Passion for audio playback applications while managing conflicting system requirements.
About The Job
Be part of a team that pushes boundaries, developing custom silicon solutions that power the future of Google's direct-to-consumer products. You'll contribute to the innovation behind products loved by millions worldwide. Your expertise will shape the next generation of hardware experiences, delivering unparalleled performance, efficiency, and integration.
Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end outcome for the complete audio playback system solution on home devices (e.g., smart speaker, smart display, doorbell, camera), including defining, tuning, validation, and debugging.
- Lead the analysis, evaluation, and benchmarking of audio enhancement algorithms using objective and subjective methods. Drive alignment and technical coordination with acoustic engineers on loudspeaker architecture and placement on devices.
- Collaborate with internal developers, Joint Development Manufacturer (JDM) partners, external vendors to integrate and refine systems to meet next-generation product requirements.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to resolve complex system challenges and deliver audio playback performance.
- Contribute strategically to the product roadmap by investigating new technologies and delivering innovative features.
Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form .
