Earbuds Audio Software Engineer

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  • Shanghai
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 9 hours ago
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Company:Qualcomm China## Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software EngineeringGeneral Summary:
  • Earbuds/headset Audio software development, system integration, and complex issue debugging for consumer electronics products.
Responsibilities
  • Develop and maintain audio system modules, including audio paths, interface configuration, and system integration
  • Debug and analyze complex audio issues such as no audio, noise, glitches, latency, and synchronization mismatches
  • Analyze logs, dumps, traces, and ACCMD history to identify root causes and drive issue resolution
  • Collaborate with BT, USB, Codec, System, and App teams to resolve cross-functional issues
  • Support audio feature bring-up, platform adaptation, regression testing, and mass production activities
  • Optimize audio performance, system stability, power consumption, and overall user experience
  • Prepare design documents, debugging reports, and technical analysis summaries
Qualifications
  • Fluently in both written and oral English.
  • Strong C/C++ programming skills with solid debugging capabilities
  • Hands-on experience in embedded software development and debugging
  • Good understanding of audio fundamentals, including PCM, sample rate, bit depth, latency, buffer management, and clock synchronization
  • Strong skills in log analysis, root cause debugging, and cross-team communication
  • Familiarity with RTOS-based development environments
Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience in BT Audio, Voice, DSP, Codec, or Driver development
  • Familiarity with audio interfaces and frameworks such as I2S, PCM, TDM
  • Experience in handling voice quality issues such as latency, echo, noise, and audio stutter/glitches
  • Experience in customer support or mass production issue handling
  • Experience in audio performance optimization and low-power tuning
Education requirements:
  • Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Communications, or related fields
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
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