Staff System Application Engineer

Staff System Applications Engineer on Analog Devices' Consumer Audio team; serve as a system-level technical expert and customer-facing authority to drive integration of ADI solutions in speaker and audio amplifier signal chains, with a focus on smart amplifiers and power-aware system optimization for high-volume consumer products. This role spans signal processing, hardware, power, and system optimization—translating complex customer requirements into high-performance, production-ready playback designs. You will combine deep domain expertise with the ability to operate across system boundaries, while influencing product direction through direct customer engagement. Responsibilities include acting as a trusted technical partner to key customers, defining and supporting system architectures across audio signal chain, speaker path, and power integration, driving system performance optimization (tuning and algorithm integration), delivering reference designs, validation strategies, and debug support, solving complex system-level challenges across hardware, firmware, and algorithms, influencing product direction and roadmap through customer insights, and supporting customer bring-up, validation, and production ramp. Must Have Skills include strong system-level debugging and problem-solving, experience in consumer audio systems or related mixed-signal / embedded platforms, proven success in a customer-facing engineering role, working knowledge of audio or system performance fundamentals, and experience in areas such as signal processing, analog/mixed-signal hardware, acoustics or electro-acoustic systems, power systems (including DC/DC), and embedded or firmware-based systems; plus ability to operate across multiple technical domains, and preferred qualifications covering audio enhancement, tuning, speaker protection algorithms, exposure to acoustic/electro-acoustic systems, familiarity with audio DSP concepts, mechanical design and prototyping, programming or scripting, PCB design, and Korean language skills. The role is located in San Jose, CA, with up to ~25% travel, and requires full-time employment.