Audio Systems Integration Engineer

Meta•Redmond, WA

About The Position

Meta's Wearables team brings together industry leading experts to develop and ship groundbreaking products at the intersection of applied research, product development, hardware and software. We operate on aspirational, fixed timelines to ship products at scale. Our products define new categories that advance Meta's mission to give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. We seek an Audio Systems Integration Engineer to join our Audio Team. You will be defining, tuning, and evaluating real-time audio capture and render solutions, including electroacoustic optimization, signal processing, verification and validation and applying your acquired skills in the productization of cutting edge smart glasses and AR/VR audio experiences.

Requirements

BS degree in EE, Computer Science or equivalent experience
8+ years of experience defining, prototyping, and demonstrating compelling audio experiences with end-to-end audio systems including acoustics, transducers, digital interfaces, audio ICs, and DSPs
8+ years experience defining, tuning, and testing efficient real-time audio algorithms
8+ years experience defining and executing objective and subjective test methodologies for consumer electronics devices and audio features such as voice communication, voice assistant, music playback, video capture
Experience with audio test systems such as SoundCheck, Audio Precision, or HEAD Acoustics ACQUA
Familiarity with typical DSP building blocks such as digital biquad filters, IIR, FIR, AGC, wide-band/multi-band DRC, loudspeaker thermal and excursion protection
Experience of effectively communicating new concepts and ideas to a broad range of partners and stakeholders, on a regular basis

Nice To Haves

MS in EE, Computer Science or related disciplines
Experience with psycho-acoustic concepts, hearing loss and compensation methods
Familiarity with human perception of spatial sound and perceptual audio quality evaluation methods
Familiarity with acoustical echo cancellation, multi mic noise reduction, microphone beamforming, microphone arrays
Experience in acoustics and consumer audio EE architecture
Knowledge of telecommunication standards
Familiarity with audio algorithm development, machine learning techniques, and/or neural network implementation

Responsibilities

Optimize and Debug Audio Systems
Analyze, define, tune, and debug real-time audio capture and render systems for forward-looking AR/VR and smart glasses products
Develop Measurement and Tuning Tools: Specify, develop, and document automated measurement tools and software modifications to enable efficient audio algorithm tuning and verification
Define KPIs and Audio performance
Use domain knowledge to define functional and experiential audio key performance indicators
Ensure the highest quality for user experience are met by defining and coordinating user experiments, for algorithm and system validation
Collaborate Cross-Functionally
Work closely with software, hardware, research, UXR, and product management teams to drive innovative solutions and best practices for audio systems