Audio Acoustics & Tuning Engineer

Company:
Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering

General Summary:

As a member of Qualcomm’s Audio Systems and R&D team, you will work on tuning and validating end-to-end audio and acoustic solutions on Snapdragon platforms. The role focuses on acoustic tuning, subjective and objective audio quality evaluation, and system-level tuning to meet carrier, customer, and platform KPIs across mobile, XR, compute, IoT, and automotive products.

Key Responsibilities
• Execute acoustic and audio feature tuning to meet carrier and customer KPIs.
• Perform subjective and objective evaluation of audio quality using industry-standard tools and methodologies.
• Analyze audio signal characteristics and validate performance of audio algorithms and use cases.
• Validate Qualcomm audio solutions across hardware and software stacks.
• Troubleshoot and debug audio HW/SW issues at system level.
• Work with HW schematics, audio analog and digital components, and interfaces (Analog Mics, Digital Mics, Speakers and transducers).
• Develop and maintain tuning automation frameworks and scripting workflows for repeatable and scalable tuning.
• Create automation scripts in Python and/or MATLAB for tuning, measurements, data analysis, and reporting.
• Collaborate with cross-functional R&D, systems, platform, and customer teams for commercialization support.
• Support system-level performance testing, measurements, and demo validation efforts.

Requirements
• Strong fundamentals in audio signal processing
• Hands-on experience in acoustic tuning and audio feature validation.
• Understanding of audio HW schematics and analog/digital audio components.
• Knowledge of digital audio interfaces and audio subsystem
• Experience probing and analyzing audio signal characteristics.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills across HW and SW layers.
• Programming and scripting skills in Python and/or MATLAB.
• Experience building tuning automation, batch processing, and analysis pipelines is highly desirable.
• Exposure to audio pre/post-processing algorithms (EC/NS, AGC/Limiter, SRC,

Speaker Protection, Voice AI features etc.) is a plus.
• Hands-on experience using audio analyzers such as ACQUA, Audio Precision (APx), Head Acoustics, or equivalent tools for objective audio and acoustic measurements
• Experience with Qualcomm tools and Qualcomm platforms is a plus
• All Qualcomm employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.
• Proven ability to work in a dynamic, multi-tasked environment
• Self-starter who likes to be challenged and solve tough complex problems
• Quick learner, self-motivated, able to work independently and a Team player.
• Aspiration for excellence.
• Working in cross disciplinary, geographically-dispersed teams
• Excellent written, verbal, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multi-tasked, and dynamic environment.

Educational Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electronics & Communication, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

2+ years of experience in audio, acoustics, or related domain.

Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

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