Lead Engineer, Senior - Audio DSP

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Audio DSP Developer – Lead Engineer, Senior

Qualcomm is a pioneering designer and developer of silicon and software for the consumer electronics market and a global leader in wireless technology. We are looking for DSP Software engineers based at our Bangalore site.

The role of the Embedded Software Engineer is to design, develop and test embedded software for Qualcomm’s wireless chips, focusing on HiFi DSP and other DSPs. Working as part of a team, you will work on Audio Codecs, general DSP signal processing blocks, MATLAB simulations, DSP frameworks and applications, integrating algorithms into the DSP framework and developing test scenarios and debugging problems.

Some of the software development may be in assembly, but various other parts of the system use C. Various tools/programs are used on PCs for debugging/testing and emulating host processor functionality. These are written in a variety of languages including C, C++, Python, MATLAB etc.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

• Key Responsibilities:

  • Production quality embedded DSP software for Qualcomm for Voice and Music products
  • Problem solving, troubleshooting, and fixing Bugs
  • Providing support for customer issues/requirements to application engineers
  • Providing input to project planning and timescales
  • Creation of engineering documentation
  • Development of Qualcomm intellectual property and submission of patent applications.
• • 6-8 years of relevant industry work experience.
  • Proven experience of writing efficient C code for resource constrained systems
  • Knowledge of Audio/voice encoder formats - MP3, AAC, SBC, LC3, WMA, AC3, SBC, FLAC, AMR etc.
  • Experience in Digital Audio formats like PCM, I2S, SPDIF etc
  • Extensive hands-on experience with Audio DSP development on embedded systems.
  • Enthusiasm for solving interesting problems, and excellent trouble shooting and analytical skills that can be applied to resolve potential system issues
  • Highly professional and flexible, with the ability to deliver high quality work on tight schedules
  • Eager to learn, self-motivated, independent, proactive, and able to work effectively in a team
  • Effective verbal and written communication skills

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