Audio Systems Engineer, Robot Head
Core
Design, integrate, and optimize microphone and speaker systems for a humanoid home robot to enable speech recognition, localization, and environmental awareness.
Role type
Senior IC audio systems engineer (robotics hardware)
Builds
Microphone and speaker arrays integrated with signal processing and machine learning pipelines for the NEO home robot
Domain
Robotics, consumer electronics, audio hardware
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
audio hardware design, acoustics, electroacoustic system integration, audio measurement and validation, real-time audio streaming, digital signal processing, noise reduction, speech capture optimization
Preferred skills
embedded systems and firmware development, machine learning for audio processing, consumer electronics product development, factory-level audio test systems, beamforming, speech enhancement
Technologies
microphone arrays, speaker systems, signal processing pipelines, VAD, DOA, noise suppression
Responsibilities
Design and prototype microphone and speaker systems; integrate audio hardware with software signal processing and ML pipelines; establish validation methodologies and performance metrics; drive performance improvements through field testing and data analysis
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC