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# Staff Acoustic Hardware Engineer

- **Company:** Stryker Corporation
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $133,400.0 - $222,300.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Codecs, Computer Engineering, Software Debugging, Hardware Design, Performance Tuning, Signal Integrity, Verification and Validation (Software), Subsystems, Systems Architecture, Systems Integration, Pcb Layout
- **Published:** October 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://stryker.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/StrykerCareers/job/San-Jose-California/Senior-Staff-Acoustic-Engineer_R575511

## About the Role

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Acoustical Engineering, or a related engineering field, with 6+ years of relevant product development experience.
 * Proven experience developing handheld, mobile, wireless, or battery-powered electronic products, including full hardware development, integration, validation, and manufacturing support.
 * Strong expertise in audio and acoustic system architecture, design, integration, characterization, and optimization, including microphones, speakers, amplifiers, codecs, audio interfaces, and signal paths.
 * Hands-on experience with acoustic measurement, testing, tuning, debugging, and product-level audio optimization using appropriate audio and acoustic measurement equipment.
 * Strong hardware design experience across battery and charging technologies, power management, low-power design, embedded processors, memory, sensors, touchscreen technologies, and high- and low-speed digital interfaces.
 * Knowledge of ARM or x86 processor architectures and low-power memory architectures, with proven ability to design, review, bring up, and debug complex circuit boards and system-level hardware issues.

Preferred Qualifications:

 * Experience reviewing and directing multi-layer PCB designs, including fine-pitch BGAs, sensitive analog/audio circuitry, high-speed signals, power distribution, signal integrity, EMI/EMC, thermal management, reliability, and manufacturability.
 * Proven hands-on debugging and validation experience using oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, spectrum analyzers, and acoustic/audio measurement equipment, including prototype bring-up, functional verification, system integration, root-cause analysis, and manufacturing support. undefinedundefined

## Description

* Lead acoustic and audio hardware development across the full product lifecycle, from concept and architecture through design, validation, production launch, sustaining, and end-of-life.
 * Define, design, and optimize audio and acoustic architectures, including microphones, speakers, amplifiers, codecs, and associated audio signal paths.
 * Perform acoustic characterization, testing, tuning, and performance optimization at the component, subsystem, and product levels.
 * Drive hardware development and integration across audio, battery and charging, power management, sensors, touchscreen, processors, memory, and related subsystems.
 * Provide technical leadership to JDM engineering teams, including board-level design, implementation, integration, debugging, schematic review, component selection, PCB layout, and design documentation.
 * Develop comprehensive hardware and acoustic requirements, specifications, interface definitions, validation criteria, and verification and validation plans.
 * Lead prototype bring-up, system characterization, debugging, and root-cause analysis of complex acoustic, electrical, and system-level issues.
 * Characterize and optimize overall system performance across audio quality, power consumption, battery life, thermal performance, reliability, and manufacturability.