Senior Acoustics Engineer - Bose Labs

Bose Corporation, U.S.A•Framingham, MA

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Bose Labs is seeking a Senior Acoustic Engineer to lead efforts to establish and enhance physical reference designs for wearable applications, including audio, noise cancellation, and voice experiences. The work spans multiple projects with near- and long-term goals, combining leadership of small multidisciplinary teams with individual contributions in acoustic modeling, data analysis, laboratory measurements, technology advancement, and technical mentoring. This position sits at the intersection of research and product development. The engineer will translate foundational technologies and technical insights into practical, scalable engineering solutions that can serve as licensable technologies and support the development of a range of wearable and Bose-branded products. The role requires working across several simultaneous projects in a small cross-functional team and applying analytical, empirical, and hands-on methods to ambiguous problems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Acoustical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
At least 10 years of relevant professional experience in acoustic engineering, including direct design, analysis, and testing of high-performance audio products.
Expert problem-solving ability, including identifying and scoping problems, planning investigations, and leading cross-functional teams.
Demonstrated ability to develop new concepts, methods, or tools while working through ill-defined problems.
Strong fundamental knowledge of headphone and earbud acoustic structures and enclosure/porting design.
Experience with lumped-element modeling and finite-element and/or boundary-element modeling.
Experience designing acoustic components or specifying their requirements, including micro-drivers, MEMS microphones, MEMS vibration sensors, foams, and meshes.
Deep understanding of acoustic measurement systems and ability to develop new measurement processes and techniques as needed.
Critical listening skills and knowledge of fundamental psychoacoustic effects for subjective evaluation of music, noise cancellation, and voice.
Proficiency with MATLAB or an equivalent environment for measurement, data analysis, and visualization.
Ability to communicate technical information clearly to peers and nontechnical stakeholders verbally and in written reports and documents.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or PhD in Acoustical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Experience with COMSOL, Simulink, or SIMSPEAKER.
Experience with active noise cancellation technology.
Familiarity with signal-processing techniques for beamforming, speech processing, echo cancellation, and audio rendering.

Responsibilities

Lead cross-functional engineering project teams to invent, prototype, and prove new or improved technologies for wearable devices and customer experiences.
Contribute to documentation standards for existing and new mechanical/acoustical reference designs to accelerate development and adoption of licensable technologies.
Create simulation models and tools to predict acoustic system behavior and help future development teams evaluate alternatives.
Design and execute acoustic experiments to verify or supplement simulation results.
Measure transducer components, subsystems, and full concept assemblies, then analyze data and synthesize conclusions.
Establish measurement or design techniques and processes to accelerate adoption and scaling of new capabilities.
Collaborate with mechanical, DSP, electrical, and software engineers to deliver end-to-end reference designs and account for tradeoffs and dependencies.
Identify system-level tradeoffs, risks, guardrails, and dependencies for product development teams.
Present concepts, experimental results, recommendations, and technical risks through reviews, documentation, and stakeholder demonstrations.
Coordinate across research, product development, and business unit organizations to align on deliverables.
Propose and champion technology opportunities for further wearable product advancements.
Provide technical mentorship to teammates.