This job listing expired on Apr 7, 2021
Summary:
As the Windows Audio Engineer, you will develop innovative spatial audio software solutions for desktop PCs and mobile handsets, web browser-based applications, and device driver + DSP subsystems, in service of an expanding and perceptually distinctive global PC audio marketplace.
***Must be eligible to work in the USA without work visa sponsorship.***
Responsibilities:
- Build, test, and reliably deliver platform-centric application, software component and device driver packages, to support our ODM and OEM manufacturing partners.
- Prepare mobile, on-device and cloud-based unit and integration test frameworks to ensure consistent performance across all supported platforms.
- Partner with UX/UI and audio DSP engineers to refine existing product offerings, to develop new cutting-edge implementations in support of vendor, customer and end-user requirements.
- Review existing Windows-centric development workflows to understand and improve compliance with platform-centric best practices, certifications and testing.
- Advocate, prove out, and deliver new technologies for perceptual audio, including but not limited to machine learning, personalization, and interactive audio reproduction.
- Refine existing and develop new testing and instrumentation applications for internal and external (partner) use.
Qualifications:
- BA/BS degree in Software Engineering or related disciplines, or equivalent work experience.
- 3+ years of experience as a software developer delivering public-facing applications or products.
- Prior experience with desktop engineering applications such as MATLAB, Mathematica, Jupyter notebooks is recommended.
- Familiarity with integrated development and source-control environments, such as Microsoft Visual Studio and GitHub / Atlassian Bitbucket, and Atlassian JIRA.
- Deep understanding of the Microsoft Windows audio subsystem and its evolution across multiple builds of Windows 8.1 and 10.
- Development experience on desktop PC platforms and applications (macOS 10.x, ChromeOS and Linux are a plus).
- Continuous integration and deployment (CICD) experience across multiple platforms, both for local testing as well as cloud-based build environments.
- Microsoft Azure and/or Amazon AWS skills is highly desired.
- Experience with test and submission requirements for Windows Update and Store, including but not limited to device driver and UWP application preparation.
- Familiarity with platform-centric analytics offerings and their implementation is a plus.
- Familiarity with desktop and mobile audio plugin architectures is highly desired.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, in service of cross-team and customer-focused documentation for deployment, testing and product support.
- Written and spoken proficiency in US English required; additional language proficiencies, including Mandarin, Cantonese or other CJVK languages are a plus.