Senior Software Engineer- Android and Linux Audio

$148,000 - $276,000/Yr

Nvidia - Santa Clara, CA

Full-time - Senior

Santa Clara, CA

Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Software Engineer position focuses on developing innovative Audio technologies for NVIDIA's Tegra Audio software team. The role requires expertise in Audio stack development across Android and Linux platforms, with an emphasis on integrating AI-driven Speech/Audio solutions. The engineer will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to enhance user experiences in next-gen living room entertainment products.

Responsibilities

• Influence, craft and develop groundbreaking Audio technologies on next-gen Tegra platform and products.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams, including Product managers, Hardware engineers, and UX designers, to efficiently implement Audio solutions that exceed user expectations.
• Support bug fixes, feature enhancement requests, improve efficiency and robustness of the software.
• Stay updated with the latest industry trends and incorporate new technologies to keep NVIDIA at the forefront of Audio Engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelors or a higher degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of validated experience in Software development on Android or Linux platforms, with sound grasp of Audio Architecture.
• Experience working on Audio subsystems like AudioFlinger, Hardware Abstraction layers, frameworks, and handling audio playback/record/routing use-cases across different I/O peripherals HDMI, A2DP, USB.
• Excellent C, C++ programming and debugging skills.
• Background in writing and/or using Audio drivers on Linux or RTOS.
• Experience in integrating AI audio technologies like Automatic Speech Recognition, Text to Speech, Speech to Speech in Audio pipeline, and building interesting/innovative Edge AI use-cases.
• Knowledge of Audio DSP concepts, Audio compression standards [AAC/Mp3/Dolby/DTS], pre/post processing algorithms Echo/Noise cancellation, Dynamic range compression, Equalizers etc.

Nice-to-haves

• Delivered end-to-end Audio features that run on real-world products.
• Exposure to developing Audio solution using AI technologies and large or small language models.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Generous benefits package
• Equity eligibility