Senior Embedded Software Engineer

Frontier Audio, based in Chicago, is a stealth-mode startup developing a game-changing device in the audio, computer, and wearable realms that will make millions of critical industrial and military end-users safer and more productive. It has a close-knit team of elite engineers, funding from the United States Department of Defense, and significant ambition. The company is looking for crazy passionate and resourceful software and hardware engineers who want to create an unprecedented product.

Email pmoeckel@frontieraudio.com to apply.

• Drive development and implementation of embedded software for company’s devices
• Implement cutting-edge technologies
• Quickly prototype and test software on hardware
• Contribute to long-term hardware and software architecture and strategy
• Collaborate closely with acoustic, DSP, and mechanical engineers
• Work with algorithm, chip, and other vendor partners
• Develop IP to strengthen company’s quickly growing portfolio

• Dedication to creating products stretching the boundaries of possible
• 5+ years of software design, coding, and debugging experience with C in an embedded environment
• 5+ years of experience working with microcontrollers, and familiarity with standard communication protocols like, I2C, SPI, UART and I2S
• 5+ years of general experience (including personal time or school) with hardware/electronics with substantial proficiency in soldering, rework, etc. and using electronic testing equipment such as multimeters, signal generators, logic analyzers and oscilloscopes
• 2+ years of experience developing firmware for new electronics product entering production
• Experience with radio engineering and/or communication standards like WiFi and Bluetooth
• Experience developing software for Qualcomm, ADI, Greenwaves, or Airoha chips
• Self-driven engineer who can independently prioritize and “get things done”
• Must have ability to be qualified to work in the U.S. in less than 3 months and have no restrictions for international travel
• Ability to commute to Frontier Audio Labs’ Chicago office on a daily basis

Preferred

• Experience developing software for battery powered consumer electronics devices
• Experience developing algorithms using MATLAB & Simulink
• Experience with circuit design and assembly
• Experience developing for real-time audio (sample rates, buffering, PCM, drivers)

Members of our engineering team have degrees in Software or a similar field (DSP or electrical engineering, physics, etc.), but if you have taken a different route to gain the required experience, that is acceptable The applicant must be a flexible, results-oriented problem-solver who is passionate about introducing large-scale innovation into the audio industry. Frontier Audio Labs evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. All inquiries should be directed to pmoeckel@frontieraudio.com.