Senior Staff Software Engineer

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Senior Staff Software Engineer in USA new

Google
Full time
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USA
11/06/2026
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San Jose, CA

Responsibilities

Partner with hardware teams to select microphones, speakers, amplifiers, and optimize microphone-array placement, orientation, and acoustic chambers.
Lead tuning engineers in optimizing playback and capture signal-processing blocks, including DEQ, MBDRC, speaker limiters, AEC, beamforming, neural wind-noise reduction, and VAD/AIT.
Own end-to-end audio quality across XR glasses form factors and establish standardized quality metrics and tuning practices.
Drive the long-term technical roadmap and strategy for XR audio systems and decompose complex audio challenges into multi-team projects.
Evaluate and manage component and IP vendors and integrate advanced audio algorithms using internal research and external vendor technologies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Acoustics, Mechanical Engineering with an acoustics focus, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 8 years of industry experience in audio systems engineering, acoustics, physical acoustic design, audio system tuning, or digital signal processing for consumer electronics or wearable devices.
Preferred master’s degree or PhD in Acoustics, Electrical Engineering, Audio Signal Processing, or Psychoacoustics.
Experience tuning playback and capture production pipelines, including EQ, MBDRC, speaker protection, loudness optimization, AEC, beamforming, and noise suppression.
Track record of architecting, tuning, and shipping audio systems for high-volume wearable products such as smart glasses, AR/VR headsets, TWS earbuds, smart speakers, or hearables.
Expertise in acoustic cavity design, porting, acoustic mesh impedance, transducer characterization, and lumped-element or FEA acoustic modeling.

Benefits

US base pay is $262000-$364000, plus a 25% bonus target, equity, and benefits.
The role requires in-person interviews as part of the hiring process.

Salary: $262k - $364k/yr

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