Firmware Developer, Audio

Corsair
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
about 1 month ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Bluetooth Code Review Codecs Computer Engineering Continuous Integration Software Debugging Device Drivers Embedded Software Firmware Real-Time Operating Systems Strategies of Testing Gitlab-ci
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Jenkins

Job description

  • Own audio firmware architecture and technical direction for gaming peripheral products.
  • Oversee development of audio protocol (USB, Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz wireless), DSP control, codecs, and latency optimization.
  • Collaborate with hardware and acoustic teams on bring-up, tuning, and validation of audio systems.
  • Drive firmware quality through code reviews, debugging, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement practices.
  • Tracking and reporting regularly on development progress to the project manager and related product team members.
  • Generation of FRD, test protocol, etc.
  • Coordinate with the Validation team to define test strategies, validation criteria, and issue triage processes
  • Ensure on-time delivery aligned with NPI schedules and milestone commitments.
  • Communicate technical status, risks, and trade-offs clearly to cross-functional and executive stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
  • 8+ years of embedded firmware development experience, with at least 3 years in a technical leadership or management role.
  • Strong background in audio firmware for consumer or gaming devices (USB Audio, Bluetooth Audio, wireless audio systems).
  • Experience with MCUs/SoCs, RTOS, DSPs, and low-level driver development.
  • Solid understanding of audio concepts such as sampling, latency, synchronization, echo cancellation, and noise processing.
  • Proven ability to manage multi-project priorities in a fast-paced consumer electronics environment.
  • English communication skills, both written and verbal, for collaboration with global teams and partners
  • Experience in the gaming peripheral industry is highly preferred
  • Experience with CI/CD for embedded systems (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
  • Familiarity with power profiling tools and energy-aware design.

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