Audio Engineer

**Company:** Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. **Job Area:** Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Multimedia Systems **General Summary:** Design and develop cutting-edge digital signal processing (DSP) IP with a focus on audio applications. This role will involve working on various projects, including: + Hardware DSP IP Design: support digital signal processing hardware IP development for voice and audio applications. Collaborate with leads on the IP development using high-level synthesis (HLS) design flow and System C + Low Power digital CODEC and audio subsystem development + Digital CODEC and audio subsystem integration: define system architecture and integrate digital CODEC in SoCs + Audio peripheral device development: work on the development and bring-up activities of audio peripheral devices including ADC, DAC and audio AMPs Preferred Qualifications: + Strong background in digital signal or mixed signal processing including PCM and PDM domain filter design + Experience with high-level synthesis tools and System C + Experience with Matlab, Python and C/C+Principal Duties and Responsibilities: + Design systems-level hardware to implement DSP functionality; identify power constraints and potential tradeoffs and make recommendations to resolve issues and produce innovative solutions + Contribute to technical conversations and documentation (e.g., white papers, schematics, FDD, HLDR); escalate complex technical issues to an appropriate contact (e.g., project lead, colleagues) + Contribute to design reviews for subsystem development; define design constraints for specific projects; identify solutions to meet design targets + Collaborate with peers to design products that meet internal and/or external customer requirements and standards + Develop test environments and test cases to verify the design; work with peers to evaluate the impact of results and validate hardware against specifications; help define test plans to collect data on accuracy, reliability, performance, power, and robustness of design; organize and plot data to draw conclusions and present findings + Use appropriate tools (Matlab, Adobe Audition) and equipment (scope, APX, logic analyzer) to conduct common analyses of hardware design + Complete complex tasks and solve issues through the analysis of system model simulation data + Develop or adapt complex DSP algorithms and models aligned with product proposals or roadmaps **Minimum Qualifications:** - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. 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