Senior Embedded Base Software Engineer - Audio Systems — Auburn Hills, MI

We are looking for a Staff Embedded Base Software Engineer – Audio Systems. This role provides technical leadership and hands-on expertise for the audio software below the application layer on a QNX-based infotainment HPC running on Qualcomm Snapdragon at a major OEM, delivering low-latency, multi-zone in-vehicle audio.

Engagement details:

• Location: Auburn Hills, US

• Working model: On-site

• Start date: ASAP

• Employment type: Full-time – long-term mission via 9SxKeqEN or freelance

Responsibilities:

• Lead bring-up and integration of audio subsystems on new SoC platforms and hardware revisions, working with Qualcomm and QNX/BlackBerry support and internal hardware teams

• Design and implement low-latency, multi-zone, multi-stream audio routing to support navigation prompts, phone calls, media playback, ADAS chimes, and multi-speaker output

• Debug complex audio issues across the stack – pops/clicks, latency, synchronization, underruns/overruns, power-state transitions, and audio-video sync

• Define and enforce automotive-grade quality practices: functional safety considerations, boot-time budgets, resource/power constraints, and long-term serviceability

• Collaborate with application-layer teams (Android Automotive/AAOS or other frameworks), hardware/EE teams, and Qualcomm partner engineering

• Mentor mid-level and senior engineers, run design and code reviews, and set technical standards for the audio domain

• Drive root-cause analysis and resolution of field/production audio issues

• Support the architecture and roadmap for audio software spanning audio DSP (ADSP/QDSP6), QNX audio drivers/resource managers, and audio HAL/middleware integration

Qualifications:

• 8+ years of embedded software development, with a significant focus on audio software on Qualcomm Snapdragon (or similar) SoC platforms

• Deep, hands-on experience with the Qualcomm audio stack: ADSP/QDSP6, AudioReach (or QACT/ACDB tooling), integrated into a QNX environment

• Hands-on QNX development: resource managers (io-audio or equivalent), audio driver architecture, IPC (message passing, pulses), and BSP-level bring-up

• Strong C/C++ and comfort across QNX resource manager/driver, HAL, and DSP firmware/config boundaries

• Solid understanding of audio signal chains: codecs, amplifiers, DSPs, sample rate conversion, mixing/routing, echo cancellation, and low-latency paths

• Experience debugging with JTAG/T32, QNX Momentics/System Analysis Toolkit, oscilloscopes/audio analyzers, logic analyzers, and Qualcomm diagnostic/tracing tools

• Track record of technical leadership: driving architecture decisions, mentoring engineers, and working across hardware/software boundaries

• Automotive or another safety/quality-regulated embedded industry (automotive, aerospace, medical, industrial) preferred

• Preferred: QNX Platform for Digital Cockpits (PDC) or QNX Hypervisor, ISO 26262, AUTOSAR Adaptive, CI/CD for embedded targets, and use of generative AI tools to accelerate development

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