Principal Engineer, Software (SW Architect)
HybridShenzhen Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Job Summary
Convert customer requirements into technical specifications and feasible system solutions for BT speakers, WiFi speakers, headphones, soundbars, and multi-channel wireless audio systems. Design and develop scalable software architectures ensuring high performance, low latency, and reliability while collaborating with hardware, acoustic, DSP, and Platform teams. Optimize software solutions across the development lifecycle and maintain traceability between architecture, requirements, and implementation. This role drives technical excellence within the HEA team, focusing on audio product development for esteemed brands like JBL and Mark Levinson.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or above in Electronic Engineering, Computer Science, Automation, Communication Engineering, or related fields
- Over 10 years of experience in embedded systems software architecture or firmware development
- Experience leading or participating in complex projects
- Ability to design efficient, scalable software architectures to ensure system stability, low latency, and high performance
- Proficient in C/C++, shell/python script programming languages, common data structure, algorithm and design pattern
- Knowledge of common microcontroller architectures and operating systems (Bare metal, RTOS, embedded Linux and native Android)
- Experience in software architecture and development for audio devices (e.g., Bluetooth speakers, WiFi speakers, wireless earphones, soundbars)
- Familiarity with wireless protocols (Bluetooth Classic, BLE and Wi-Fi), as well as audio codec technologies (e.g., AAC, SBC, aptX, LDAC)
- Understanding of audio signal processing, wireless audio transmission protocols, and synchronization and latency control in multi-channel audio systems
- Excellent communication skills to collaborate with hardware, acoustic, DSP, System and Platform teams, and other stakeholders
- Proficient in English, with the ability to read and write technical documents fluently
- Willingness to travel
- Willingness to work in an office
- Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen
Desired Qualifications
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a team environment to meet project deadlines
- A strong desire to excel in an environment with high-quality engineers
- Strong consciousness of product quality and improvement
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