Senior DSP Engineer
Bose Corporation2 days ago
Remote, United States or Framingham, MA, USASenior
Base Salary
$138k - $190k/yr
Responsibilities
- Implement, port, integrate, and validate DSP algorithms for embedded audio applications in production-quality C/C++.
- Own DSP components from implementation planning through optimization, integration, verification, and release.
- Develop reusable processing blocks and integrate them into configurable audio chains and embedded frameworks.
- Apply fixed-point and floating-point techniques and validate numerical accuracy against reference models.
- Profile and optimize compute, memory, latency, and real-time performance on DSP and embedded targets.
- Build unit tests, reference test vectors, and automated regression tests while documenting audio behavior and target performance.
- Debug algorithm and system integration issues on reference and product hardware using lab equipment, debuggers, and profiling tools.
- Collaborate with firmware engineers on interfaces, build environments, and integration dependencies.
- Participate in design and code reviews, maintain technical documentation, and guide less experienced engineers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 8+ years of relevant DSP or embedded software development experience with substantial hands-on DSP implementation.
- Strong DSP fundamentals and experience implementing signal-processing algorithms for embedded or real-time systems.
- Strong C/C++ programming skills and MATLAB/Simulink experience for algorithm analysis, modeling, and validation.
- Experience with fixed-point and floating-point algorithms and numerical accuracy and hardware trade-off evaluation.
- Hands-on experience with at least one DSP or embedded processor architecture, such as Cadence HiFi, ARM, or Qualcomm Hexagon.
- Ability to independently take DSP components through implementation, optimization, integration, and validation.
- Strong debugging and profiling skills involving performance, memory, and real-time processing issues.
- Experience with automated testing, version control, code reviews, and engineering documentation.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills and ability to work onsite in Framingham, Massachusetts.
- Preferred: master’s degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Preferred: audio DSP experience in areas such as equalization, dynamics processing, filtering, sample-rate conversion, spatial audio, or voice processing.
- Preferred: SIMD/vector-intrinsic or assembly optimization, including Cadence HiFi, ARM Neon/Helium, Qualcomm Hexagon, or x64 SIMD.
- Preferred: reusable DSP library development and low-latency audio processing in RTOS or embedded Linux systems.
- Preferred: Embedded Coder or similar code-generation tools, Python-based validation, continuous integration, ML algorithm deployment, or ANC/ANR controls collaboration.
Benefits
- Hiring range for the primary Framingham, Massachusetts location is $138,100-$189,850 in base pay.
- Bonus programs, comprehensive health and welfare benefits, and a 401(k) plan are offered.
- Additional perks include wellbeing support and a generous employee discount.
- The role is based onsite in Framingham, Massachusetts; the posting also includes #LI-hybrid and #LI-remote tags.
About Bose Corporation
Bose Corporation builds consumer speakers, soundbars, and noise‑cancelling headphones; professional and aviation headsets; and OEM automotive audio systems. It sells direct online and in retail, and supplies audio technology to carmakers through manufacturing partners. Founded in 1964 and privately held, Bose is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, and operates globally across home, portable, automotive, and enterprise audio markets.