Senior Android Audio Systems Engineer
Location
Framingham, MA
Level
Senior-Level
Department
Consumer Electronics
Type
Salary
$142,000 - $196,000
Job Description
Posted on:
2025-11-20
Responsibilities
- Modify, extend, and optimize AudioFlinger and related system services
- Integrate and customize Audio HAL 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)
- Profile and debug audio latency, glitching, underruns, and synchronization issues
- Collaborate with silicon vendors 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
- Nice to have: Contributions to AOSP or vendor HALs, familiarity with audio stack migration paths, experience with spatial audio pipelines, and knowledge of game engines or headset OSs.
