Sr. Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Audio, Edge Technology
Core
End-to-end audio quality assurance for consumer electronics, covering functional, regression, and performance testing of audio features like VoIP, ASR, ANC, and spatial audio.
Role type
Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer (Audio, Edge Technology)
Builds
Automated test suites, lab pipelines, and acoustic measurement rigs for audio devices.
Domain
Consumer electronics / Audio DSP / Embedded systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Test plan and case design, automation framework development, scripting/coding, manual testing, audio/DSP/embedded software testing, digital signal processing fundamentals, acoustic measurement setup management, defect triage and root cause analysis, KPI definition (POLQA/MOS/ERLE), mentorship.
Preferred skills
UI automation (mobile), C++/Java/Objective-C, objective audio quality tools (POLQA/PESQ/ACQUA), hardware device lifecycle (EVT/DVT/PVT), VoIP/wake-word/ANC/spatial audio testing, acoustic measurement rigs (HATS/anechoic).
Technologies
TestRail, VoIP, ASR, ANC, AEC, beamforming, spatial audio, HATS, anechoic chambers.
Responsibilities
Define test plans, acceptance criteria, and drive release sign-off; execute functional, regression, and performance tests; build and maintain automated test suites and lab pipelines; define and track audio quality KPIs; triage and reproduce audio defects; own test infrastructure and device/lab readiness; represent audio quality in program reviews; mentor junior QA engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities