Audio/Acoustic Engineer

Duration:
1-year contract with the opportunity to convert to a permanent role.

Logitech is the Sweet Spot for people who want their actions to have a positive global impact while having the flexibility to do it in their own way.

The Team and Role:

• Our Video Collaboration products help companies stay connected and can be found in the conference rooms of some of the biggest businesses in the world. We are a small nimble group and we are growing our engineering team. We create amazing experiences in the conference room using creative design, surprising science, and innovation. We love what we do because we are passionate about connecting people and we use the products we create every day to stay connected to our team. 

  Want to be part of this team of collaboration innovators? We are looking for a talented Acoustic/Audio engineer to be part of a small team of developers focused on making video collaboration an amazing experience and the products you create will be used by thousands of people every day.

• The Acoustic/Audio engineer is responsible for evaluating critical hardware/software components, with high emphasis on quality, test-driven development, and tune acoustic/audio to pass certifications.

 
Your Contribution:
Be Yourself. Be Open. Stay Hungry and Humble. Collaborate. Challenge. Decide and just Do. Share our passion for Equality and the Environment. These are the behaviors and values you’ll need for success at Logitech. In this role you will:

• You enjoy working on early release components and influencing technology roadmaps.

• You will help prototype and join the defining technology plans for future projects.

• You will have practical knowledge of audio streaming processing techniques and approaches for realtime communications.

• You will have a passion to work on new and disruptive techniques such as new digital communication standards, concepts for audio streaming, and evaluation of world-class audio algorithms.

• Take ownership of evaluating critical software components, with high emphasis on quality, test-driven development, and sound software engineering practices 

• Analyze, define, measure, tune, and certify real-time audio systems for forward looking products and user experiences.

• Automate the general audio test sequences for evaluating the critical speech processing features.

• Evaluate and benchmark third party solution/products audio performance.

• You will have experience in designing, creating, and delivering shipping products based on your knowledge of microphones, acoustics, and speakers in the field of audio processing.

• Work closely with product managers to translate overall system architecture and product requirements into well-designed and implemented components.

• Learn constantly, dive into new areas with unfamiliar technologies.

• Generate novel, innovative solutions to some of the toughest problems in audio

Key Qualifications:
For consideration, you must bring the following minimum skills and experiences to our team:

• 1+ years of experience in the field of audio/acoustic measurement methods, including speaker codec/amplifier, microphone codec, PDM microphone and speaker.

• 1+ years experience defining, tuning and testing efficient real-time audio algorithms

• Proven experience of objective and subjective audio test methodologies and standards, e.g. Microsoft Teams, ZoomRooms, Google CFM,...and etc.

• Proven experience with Audio Equipment including B&K/HEAD Acoustics HATS, HEAD Acoustics  ACQUA test system, Listen SoundCheck, Audio Precision,....and etc.

• Proven experience with automating audio tests using Python, C/C++, or other language.

• Demonstrated understanding of how audio systems work including transducers, audio ICs, acoustics, embedded processors

• Demonstrated communication skills and experience working across disciplines to drive optimal solutions

• Demonstrated understanding of speaker/speaker module developing.

• Demonstrated understanding of acoustic simulation software, ex, COMSOL, lumped methodology. 

• Demonstrated understanding IIR, FIR, Echo Control, Multi mic noise reduction, Microphone Beamforming, AGC, MBDRC, Psycho Acoustic Bass, Microphone and Speaker Arrays

• Demonstrated understanding of Acoustics and Consumer Audio EE Architecture

• Knowledge of machine learning techniques and neural network implementation

• Knowledge of telecommunication standards

• Knowledge of human perception of audio

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous video conferencing experience 

• Automation experience is a plus: MATLAB, C, Python

• Ability to read and understand hardware and acoustic design

• Experience with scripting and audio data plotting and analysis

 
Across Logitech we empower collaboration and foster play. We help teams collaborate/learn from anywhere, without compromising on productivity or continuity so it should be no surprise that most of our jobs are open to work from home from most locations. Our hybrid work model allows some employees to work remotely while others work on-premises. Within this structure, you may have teams or departments split between working remotely and working in-house.  

Logitech is an amazing place to work because it is full of authentic people who are inclusive by nature as well as by design. Being a global company, we value our diversity and celebrate all our differences. Don’t meet every single requirement? Not a problem. If you feel you are the right candidate for the opportunity, we strongly recommend that you apply. We want to meet you! 

We offer comprehensive and competitive benefits packages and working environments that are designed to be flexible and help you to care for yourself and your loved ones, now and in the future. We believe that good health means more than getting medical care when you need it. Logitech supports a culture that encourages individuals to achieve good physical, financial, emotional, intellectual and social wellbeing so we all can create, achieve and enjoy more and support our families. We can’t wait to tell you more about them being that there are too many to list here and they vary based on location.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or on the basis of disability.

If you require an accommodation to complete any part of the application process, are limited in the ability, are unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us toll free at +1-510-713-4866 for assistance and we will get back to you as soon as possible .
 

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