Role:
We're seeking a Principal Audio Software Engineer to join our team, leading the development of advanced audio processing technologies for next‑generation handheld mobile radio products. This role is critical to ensuring exceptional voice intelligibility, robustness, and reliability in demanding environments faced by critical communications users.
Key Responsibilities:
- Architect, design and implement real‑time audio processing algorithms and DSP pipelines.
- Develop technologies such as noise reduction, acoustic echo cancellation (AEC), beamforming, voice activity detection, advanced audio enhancement, and custom codecs.
- Ensure software solutions meet stringent performance, latency, stability and reliability requirements for mission‑critical communications.
- Serve as the technical authority for audio software, guiding design decisions and setting engineering standards.
- Lead technical reviews, mentor junior engineers, and support cross‑functional engineering teams.
- Drive architectural evolution of audio subsystems and long‑term technology roadmaps.
- Work closely with embedded software, hardware, systems engineering and acoustics teams to ensure seamless integration of audio technologies.
- Support product development from concept through to delivery, including prototyping, testing, tuning and verification.
- Collaborate with product management to define requirements and translate them into robust technical solutions.
- Conduct performance analysis, debugging and optimisation of audio software across multiple platforms.
- Develop automated test frameworks and audio validation tools where appropriate.
- Ensure compliance with relevant communication, safety and industry standards.
- Stay informed of emerging audio technologies, DSP methods and industry trends.
- Explore new algorithmic approaches and evaluate third‑party solutions when suitable.
- Contribute to patents, white papers and internal technical knowledge bases.
Required Skills and Experience:
- Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Audio Engineering, DSP or a related field.
- Experience: 5+ years of professional experience developing real‑time audio software, DSP algorithms or embedded audio systems.
- Technical Proficiency:
- Deep knowledge of DSP algorithms (AEC, NR, AGC, beamforming, VAD, filtering).
- Strong coding skills in C/C++ for real‑time embedded systems.
- Experience optimising for low‑latency and resource‑constrained platforms.
- Familiarity with audio frameworks, DSP libraries or fixed‑point environments.
- Strong analytical, problem‑solving and debugging skills.
- Ability to lead complex technical projects end‑to‑end.
- Preferred (Nice‑to‑Have):
- Experience in mission‑critical or safety‑critical communication systems.
- Knowledge of TETRA, DMR, LTE/MCX or similar communication standards.
- Experience with MATLAB or Python for algorithm development and validation.
- Understanding of beamforming, microphone arrays or acoustic system behaviour.
- Experience with ARM platforms, RTOS environments or multi‑core optimisation.
- Exposure to ML‑based audio processing techniques.
Additional Information:
This role will require security clearance. The Audio Team follows an Agile development process centred around Scrum ceremonies. During each sprint, you may work on several tasks related to the responsibilities listed above.
