Audio Systems Development Engineer

Company: Oculus
Location: Redmond
Posted on: September 21, 2022

Job Description:

The Devices Technology Engineering organization brings together world-class experts to develop and ship groundbreaking products at the intersection of hardware, software, and content. We operate on aggressive, fixed timelines to ship products at scale. Our products define new categories that advance Meta's mission to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together.We seek an Audio Systems Development Engineer to join our Audio Experience Team. As a team member, you will be working on new hardware and software technologies and innovating on audio quality metrics and test methods. We are looking for experience in audio DSP, combined with experience in data acquisition, test automation development, and evaluation of electroacoustics and signal processing solutions for audio capturing and rendering.


Audio Systems Development Engineer Responsibilities:

• Implement and validate novel systems for sound capture and spatial audio testing, bridging the gap between perceptual quality and objective metrics
• Support work on defining and developing key performance indicators to characterize audio performance at the component level as well as algorithm and system levels
• Evaluate and benchmark the performance of audio processing algorithms for forward looking products and user experiences
• Automate data collection and implement signal processing for parametric analysis of audio signals
• Learn constantly and dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies and vague user experience targets
  
  
  Minimum Qualifications:
  
  • BS degree in EE, Computer Science, DSP, or equivalent experience
  • 2+ years of experience with audio test systems such as SoundCheck or HEAD Acoustics ACQUA and Audio Precision Analyzers
  • 2+ years of experience with MATLAB and Python scripting
  • Experience executing data collection and performance validation for consumer electronics devices with audio features such as communication, voice assistant, music playback, video capture
  • Understanding of end-to-end audio processing pipelines in consumer devices including acoustics, transducers, digital interfaces, audio ICs and DSPs
    
    
    Preferred Qualifications:
    
    • Knowledge of Music Enhancement Audio algorithms, telecommunication standards, human perception of spatial sound, machine learning techniques and/or neural network implementation
    • Experience developing audio algorithms
    • PhD in EE, Computer Science, DSP, or related disciplines
    • Experience in Acoustics and Consumer Audio EE Architecture
    • Familiarity with digital filters, IIR and FIR, Acoustical Echo Cancellation, Microphone and Speaker Arrays, Multi mic noise reduction, Microphone Beamforming, AGC, multi-band DRC, Psycho-acoustic Bass Extension
      
      
      
      
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