Audio DSP Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Audio DSP Engineer to join our In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) audio development team supporting next-generation electric vehicle platforms. This role focuses on real-time audio signal processing, voice communication, ECNR, and audio post-processing solutions. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience developing, integrating, debugging, tuning, and validating audio algorithms on embedded production systems. Key Responsibilities

• Develop, optimize, and maintain the infotainment audio software stack.
• Design and integrate voice communication and voice recognition solutions for IVI platforms.
• Implement, tune, and validate real-time audio processing algorithms.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, system integration, and software teams to ensure seamless audio system performance.
• Work with QA teams to perform testing, debugging, validation, and performance optimization.
• Support audio feature development from prototype to production deployment.

Required Qualifications Audio DSP & Voice Processing Strong hands-on experience with speech and microphone-array signal processing, including several of the following:

• Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC)
• Adaptive Beamforming (MVDR or similar)
• Noise Reduction (NR)
• Residual Echo Suppression (RES)
• Voice Activity Detection (VAD)
• Automatic Gain Control (AGC)
• Wind Noise Reduction
• Direction of Arrival (DoA) Estimation
• Speech Enhancement

Experience in:

• Traditional DSP and statistical signal processing techniques
• Deep Learning / Neural Network-based speech enhancement
• Hybrid DSP + Machine Learning audio solutions

Audio Post-Processing Experience developing or integrating real-time audio playback and post-processing pipelines, including:

• Audio Mixing and Routing
• Volume and Gain Control
• Mute and Ducking
• Channel Mapping
• Equalization (EQ)
• Audio Filtering
• Sample Rate Conversion (SRC)
• Audio Effects Processing

Linux Audio & Embedded Systems

• Strong understanding of Linux audio architecture, particularly ALSA.
• Strong C/C++ development experience for real-time audio systems.
• Experience with embedded software development and debugging., * Commercial product development experience in voice communication and voice recognition systems.
• Automotive or IVI audio development experience.
• Hands-on experience with DSP Concepts Audio Weaver (AWE).

• Experience using audio measurement, tuning, and validation tools:

• HATS
• HEAD acoustics
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Pi-square technologies is a Michigan (USA) Headquartered Automotive Embedded Engineering Services company, Synergy Partner for major OEMs and Tier 1s and their implementation partners in Automotive Embedded Product Development, Projects, Requirements Analysis, Software Design, Software Implementation, Efficient Build, Release Process, and turnkey software V & V Services. We have more than 20+ years of industry expertise with specialization in the latest cutting-edge automotive technologies such as Infotainment, connected vehicles, Cyber security, OTA, and Advanced Safety/ Body electronics.