Senior Android Audio Systems Engineer
Location
Framingham, MA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Consumer Electronics
Type
Salary
$143,000 - $196,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-12-11
Responsibilities
- Modify, extend, and optimize AudioFlinger and related system services.
- Integrate and customize Audio HAL (AHAL) implementations across OEM or SoC platforms.
- Support strategies for immersive audio, spatial rendering, post-processing, and head-tracking workflows.
- Work across JNI, vendor effect engines, DSP firmware, and post-processing chains.
- Track and adopt changes landing in Android 16/17 (AIDL transitions, LE Audio improvements, XR-related changes).
- Profile and debug audio latency, glitching, underruns, synchronization issues.
- Work with silicon vendors (Qualcomm, MediaTek, etc.) to tune and verify audio behavior.
Job Requirements
- 8+ years building or modifying the Android audio stack, BSP, or embedded audio systems.
- Deep hands-on experience with AudioFlinger, AAudio/OpenSL ES, and the Audio HAL.
- Expert in C/C++, JNI, and Android’s native build system.
- Experience with effect engines, DSP tuning, and audio routing.
- Familiarity with Android’s evolution in spatial audio, LE Audio, and XR/VR use cases.
- Experience debugging at the framework, HAL, and kernel driver levels.
- Contributions to AOSP or vendor HALs are a nice to have.
