Senior Firmware Engineer - Streaming Audio

The Senior Firmware Engineer, Streaming Audio is a critical individual contributor on the Streaming Audio engineering team, responsible for designing, developing, and sustaining high-performance firmware and software solutions for next-generation and legacy audio products. This role requires a deeply experienced, hands-on engineer who takes full ownership of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)—from architecture and implementation through validation, deployment, and long-term product support.

The Senior Firmware Engineer will drive high-quality technical execution, proactively identify and resolve complex software and system-level issues and serve as a technical authority for streaming audio applications. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration across hardware, platform services, and customer-facing features, while also playing a key role in diagnosing and resolving escalated customer, field, and manufacturing issues.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and sustain high performance firmware and embedded software solutions for streaming audio products across both next generation and legacy platforms using C, C++, Node.js, and Python.
• Own the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including system architecture, detailed design, implementation, integration, validation, deployment, and long-term maintenance.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including hardware, platform software, QA, manufacturing, product management, and customer support to ensure seamless system integration and feature delivery.
• Serve as a technical authority for streaming audio firmware, providing expertise in real time systems, audio pipelines, networking, and platform integrations.
• Lead complex debugging and root cause analysis efforts across firmware, hardware, OS, and system level interactions to resolve elusive defects and performance issues.
• Drive high standards of software quality through rigorous design reviews, code reviews, unit/integration testing, and adherence to best practices in embedded development.
• Proactively identify technical risks, architectural gaps, and performance bottlenecks, and implement solutions before they impact product stability or timelines.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers on the team, contributing to overall engineering excellence and knowledge sharing.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives by refining development processes, tools, and workflows to improve reliability, scalability, and development efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field is required
• Master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field preferred
• 6 - 8 years of relevant experience in software development
• Experienced in C, C++, Node.js, and Python in an embedded or application development environment
• Experienced with Linux-based systems including application and system-level development
• Preferred experience in Audio digital signal processing (DSP) such as echo cancellation, noise suppression, equalization, and limiters.
• Networking stack knowledge including TCP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, and related protocols
• System integration across devices, services, and control systems
• Ability to balance technical and business requirements in complex problem solving
• Cloud-based services and APIs supporting device-to-cloud integrations

Per applicable state requirements, the annual pay range for this position ($107,500 - $173,500) which consists of base salary (subject to performance), reflects the hiring range for candidates. Also note, an individual’s offer may vary from this range as it may be impacted by additional factors, including but not limited to the candidate's hiring location, qualifications, experience, and market factors.