Chief Product Engineer Audio Technology

At Bose Corporation we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth and for over 60 years we have been a company built on innovation excellence and independence. Privately owned fiercely customer-focused and driven by our values we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound.

Today Bose Corporation is entering an exciting new era. Across multiple global Business Units and Global Functions we are shaping the future of audio technology automotive luxury and premium experiences. We invite you to join us in this transformation.

Job Description

The Chief Product Engineer serves as the top technical leader responsible for aligning product engineering with product intellectual property (IP) and licensing strategies. This role bridges core research and development (R&D) with external commercialization ensuring that engineered systems are modular documented and legally robust for third-party adoption or joint ventures. As the principal technical architect responsible for the creation protection and commercial transfer of our proprietary consumer audio and hearables technology . You will ensure that our patented algorithms hardware / software architectures and software stacks (e.g. ANC spatial audio voice pickup wireless connectivity) are packaged into robust modular and easily integrable Reference Designs or Intellectual Property (IP) blocks for third-party consumer electronics brands and ODMs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Licensing Architecture Strategy: Define and design the technical boundaries of our licensing portfolio (IP blocks SDKs reference hardware). Ensure audio technologies are modular and seamlessly integrate into diverse host chipsets (Qualcomm Bestechnic MediaTek etc.).
• DSP Platform Integration: Oversee the optimization and integration of audio code libraries across leading wireless audio SoC and DSP platforms (e.g. Cadence Tensilica HiFi DSPs etc.).
• Technical Package Delivery: Oversee the development of comprehensive Technical Data Packages (TDPs). This includes golden reference designs tuning tools and software comprehensive SDKs APIs and bit-exact reference models acoustic design guidelines DSP code libraries and documentation for licensee onboarding.
• Tuning & Tooling Development: Champion the creation of developer-facing software tools and GUI-based tuning utilities that empower licensees to calibrate ANC EQ and spatial audio parameters to their specific acoustic hardware.
• Partner Evaluation & Integration Support: Act as the primary technical authority during licensing evaluations. Provide deep-dive technical support reference tuning and architectural reviews for tier-1 consumer electronics licensees and manufacturing partners (ODMs).
• IP Protection & Compliance: Partner with the Legal and IP teams to identify patentable innovations in hardware firmware and acoustic architectures. Develop technical validation methodologies and tools to audit and verify licensee compliance.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Mentor a highly specialized team of audio DSP firmware and hardware engineers steering their R&D output toward scalable high-margin licensing platforms rather than single bespoke products.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience: 12 years in consumer audio acoustics or hearables product development (e.g. TWS earbuds smart headphones spatial audio systems) with a heavy emphasis on embedded software and DSP algorithm development. At least 4 years managing software IP delivery technical transfers or external licensing integrations.
• Algorithm & DSP Mastery: Deep expertise in developing and optimizing real-time audio processing software. This includes fixed-point math optimization assembly-level vectorization (e.g. NEON Tensilica instruction extensions) and low-latency scheduling.
• Domain Expertise: Domain mastery over core hearable software pillars: Active Noise Cancellation (ANC/biquad design) Spatial Audio/HRTF Echo Cancellation (AEC) Wind Noise Reduction and Machine Learning-based Voice Pickup (VPU). Deep understanding of Bluetooth LE Audio/Auracast microphone arrays (beamforming) and audio codecs (LC3 LDAC aptX).
• Systems & Standards: Strong fluency in C/C Python (for modeling) real-time operating systems (RTOS) Bluetooth LE Audio pipelines Auracast and standard audio codecs (LC3 AAC LDAC).
• Hardware & Acoustic Context: Solid understanding of how software interacts with physical acoustic constraints including microphone array geometries transducer frequency responses and ADC/DAC latency paths.
• Communication & Negotiation Support: Exceptional ability to present highly complex acoustic and software concepts to non-technical business stakeholders IP attorneys and external executive teams.
• Education: Bachelors Masters or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering Computer Science Acoustical Engineering or a related technical discipline.

At Bose youre inspired to be and do your best and are rewarded for your unique talents! Our compensation is thoughtfully tailored to your skills experience education and location and goes beyond base salary. The hiring range for this position in the primary work location of Remote California is: $205800-$ hiring range for other Bose work locations may vary. In addition to competitive base pay we offer rewards including bonus programs comprehensive health and welfare benefits a 401(k) plan plus exclusive perks designed to support your wellbeing and a generous employee discount where you can immerse yourself in our products and experiences. We are a proudly independent companydriven by purpose guided by our values and united by a belief in the power of sound. As the world leader in audio experiences were creating whats nextpushing boundaries and delivering transformative sound experiences for people everywhere. Join us and make your next career move a mic-drop. Lets Make Waves.

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