Audio DSP Specialist

Job Title: Audio DSP SpecialistJob Location: Palo Alto, CADuration: 6 months with strong possibility of extension or conversion to full-time employmentAbout 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 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 techniquesNoise Reduction (NR)Residual Echo Suppression (RES)Voice Activity Detection (VAD)Automatic Gain Control (AGC)Wind noise reductionDirectional of Arrival (DoA) estimationSpeech enhancementExperience May Include( Good To Have)Traditional DSP / statistical signal-processing algorithmsDeep Learning / Neural Network based speech enhancementHybrid DSP + ML solutionsAudio Post-Processing: Hands-on experience developing or integrating real-time audio playback and post-processing pipelines, including:Audio mixing / routingVolume / Gain controlMute / duckingChannel mappingEqualizationAudio filteringSample rate conversion, etc.ALSA / Linux Audio: Strong understanding of Linux audio architecture, particulary ALSAReal-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 featuresAutomotive / 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 PrecisionSkills:Strong experience with C/C++, Python, and MatlabAudio Weaver