Google engineers develop the technologies that change how users connect, explore, and interact with information and one another. As a member of this team, you will develop new products that are used around the world. We need our engineers to be versatile and passionate to take on new problems as we continue to push technology forward.The Platforms and Devices team encompasses Google's various computing software platforms across environments (desktop, mobile, applications), as well as our first party devices and services that combine the best of Google AI, software, and hardware. Teams across this area research, design, and develop new technologies to make our user's interaction with computing faster and more seamless, building innovative experiences for our users around the world.Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $188000 - $275000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Product, Acoustic, Algorithm (Algo), and Software teams to define and develop wearable audio systems and deliver solutions that meet key user experiences.
- Exert expertise in objective and subjective testing, develop tools and tuning strategies, and automate new methodologies to launch wearable audio solutions.
- Liaise with external vendors to ensure quality requirements are met.
- Contribute to the wearable audio roadmap definition by investigating new technologies; additionally, develop and update the audio Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) based on the product definition.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Acoustics, Audio Engineering, Electrical Engineering, a similar field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 6 years of experience in consumer hardware.
- Experience with standard audio measurement and analysis tools, (e.g., ACQUA, SoundCheck, Audio Precision, Audition, Matlab/Python).
- Experience in audio system design, tuning and validation (acoustics, microphones, digital signal processing, power/thermal).
Preferred qualifications:
- Master’s degree or PhD in Acoustics, Signal Processing, Audio Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related disciplines.
- 10 years of experience in consumer hardware, productizing new technology.
- Experience with media processing, microphone processing, psychoacoustic processing, filter design, audio and system tuning.
- Experience in wearable audio systems design, tuning and validation, including power and thermal considerations for micro-acoustics.
- Experience in microphone beamforming and adaptive noise cancelling.
- Experience in new audio technology system integration, including objective and subjective audio quality assessment and critical listening skills.