Senior Audio Engineer

Location: Farmington Hills, Ulm

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

A Moving Experience.

Opportunity:
Cerence is the world's leading provider of speech signal enhancement solutions for automotive applications. Our products are deployed in all major brands such as Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Porsche, VW, and have been installed in more than 250 million vehicles worldwide. Our Audio AI product portfolio includes ECNR solutions for hands-free telephony and multi-zone speech recognition, as well as software solutions for in-car communication (ICC), car Karaoke and acoustic event detection. We are looking for a dedicated individual to take over a position as Audio / Software Engineer for configuration, tuning and qualification of our Audio AI products.

Responsibilities:

• Review of the audio architecture for Audio AI applications in close cooperation with the customer

• Analysis of customer and third-party requirements

• Integration support for Cerence’s speech enhancement solution on embedded platforms

• Accomplishment of audio path measurements on the bench, analysis of test results and first level customer support for audio related issues

• Configuration, tuning, qualification and certification of Cerence’s speech enhancement technology in the vehicle for embedded and cloud based ASR solutions, hands-free telephony applications and other Audio AI products

• Ensure compliance with quality standards and prepare appropriate documentation

• Development and adaptation of test tools and existing test scripts

• Creation of customer demonstrations und support in the development of proof of concepts

• Support in project acquisition

Requirements:

Education: Bachelor or master’s degree in electrical engineering, communications technology, computer science or in a related field; industry experience in one of these domains is preferred. An academic background in digital signal processing, speech and audio processing is desired.
Minimum years of work experience: 2

Required skills:

• Academic background in digital signal processing, speech and audio processing or similar

• Programming skills in MATLAB, Python and C / C++

• Good communicator who can represent Cerence professional services with customers

• Ability and willingness to travel frequently across-boarder and internationally

• Excellent language skills in English and at least elementary German or willingness to learn German

• Positive can-do attitude and ability to work in a team

Preferred skills:

• Experience in software development for embedded systems in either automotive, consumer electronics or telecommunications

• Familiarity with embedded HW and operating systems (e.g. Android, embedded Linux) is a plus

• Experience with ITU-T qualification standards for hands-free communication in motor vehicles (ITU-T P.1100, P.1110, P.1120)

• Knowledge of audio/speech enhancement processing components deployed in hands-free and ASR applications

• Good language skills in German

Cerence Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNC and www.cerence.com) is the global industry leader in creating unique, moving experiences for the automotive world. Spun out from Nuance in October 2019, Cerence is a new, independent company that has quickly gained traction as a leader in the automotive voice assistant space, working with all of the world’s leading automakers – from Ford and Fiat Chrysler to Daimler, Audi and BMW to Geely and SAIC – to transform how a car feels, responds and learns. Its track record is built on more than 20 years of industry experience and leadership and more than 500 million cars on the road today across more than 70 languages.  

As Cerence looks to the future and continues an ambitious growth agenda, we need someone to join the team and help build the future of voice and AI in cars. This is an exciting opportunity to join Cerence’s passionate, dedicated, global team and be a part of meaningful innovation in a rapidly growing industry. 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Cerence is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of age, race, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, protected military or veteran status, genetic information and other protected classifications. Cerence Equal Employment Opportunity Policy Statement.

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