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Privately owned, fiercely customer-focused, and driven by our values, we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound.\nToday, Bose Corporation is entering an exciting new era. Across multiple global Business Units and Global Functions, we are shaping the future of audio technology, automotive, luxury, and premium experiences. We invite you to join us in this transformation.\nJob Description\nBose Labs is seeking a creative, curious and hands-on Acoustic Engineer to help establish and enhance physical reference designs for a variety of wearable applications including audio, noise cancellation and voice related experiences.\nIn this role, your work will regularly span across multiple projects with a variety of both near-term and long-term goals. Projects will often require contributions to be made within the acoustics discipline as well as tangential disciplines such as making laboratory measurements, building small prototypes, and designing simple fixtures or mechanical components.\nThis position sits at the intersection space of research and product development. You will use your creativity and innovation skills to translate foundational technologies and technical instances into practical, scalable engineering solutions that can be used as the basis for licensable technologies that support a wide range of wearable products as well as Bose-branded products development.\nThe successful candidate will be comfortable working within a small cross-functional team on several simultaneous, parallel projects with the ability to use analytical, empirical and hands-on methods to quickly work through ambiguous problem spaces.\nResponsibilities:\nContribute to development and documentation of existing and new, novel mechanical/acoustical reference designs for wearable devices\nUse simulation tools to predict acoustical system behavior\nDesign and execute acoustical experiments to verify / supplement simulation results\nUse hands-on capabilities to build and test mock-up prototypes to gain fundamental and directional insights\nConduct acoustical measurements of transducer components, subsystems and full concept assemblies with associated data analysis and synthesis of conclusions\nCollaborate with engineers from mechanical, DSP, electrical and software domains to understand system-level requirements and dependencies\nAnticipate and identify important system level tradeoffs, risks, guardrails and dependencies for product development teams to consider in future product decisions\nPresent concepts, experimental results, recommendations and technical risks through peer reviews, design reviews, written documentation, and stakeholder demonstrations\nEnsure collaboration across research, product development and business unit organizations to ensure alignment for deliverables\nQualifications:\nBachelor’s degree in Acoustical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a related field \n3+ years of relevant professional experience in acoustical engineering including measurements and analysis\nExperience in design or measurements of acoustical transducers including micro-drivers, MEMs microphones and MEMs vibration sensors\nHands-on experience designing, building and measuring physical prototypes and associated fixtures\nProficiency with MATLAB or an equivalent environment for measurement and data analysis\nExperience using lumped parameter and FEA acoustical simulation tools such as COMSOL, PSPICE, Simulink/SIMSPEAKER or equivalent\nDemonstrated ability to help translate ambiguous problems into actionable engineering tasks\nAbility to clearly communicate technical information to peers and non-technical stakeholders verbally and in written reports and documents\nExperience specifying acoustical system and component requirements such as micro-drivers, microphones, acoustic meshes\nExperience using acoustical test equipment from B&K, GRAS, Audio Precision, National Instruments, Listen Inc. or similar\nCritical listening skills for subjective evaluation of music/noise cancellation/voice is preferred\nAlgorithm development and DSP deployment in Audio, Noise Cancellation, Voice or similar domain is a plus\nExperience with wearable acoustic structures and enclosure/port design for audio and noise reduction applications is a plus \nAt Bose, you're inspired to be and do your best and are rewarded for your unique talents! Our compensation is thoughtfully tailored to your skills, experience, education, and location, and goes beyond base salary. The hiring range for this position in the primary work location of Framingham, Massachusetts is: $112,200-$154,200.The hiring range for other Bose work locations may vary.\n\nIn addition to competitive base pay we offer rewards including bonus programs, comprehensive health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, plus exclusive perks designed to support your wellbeing, and a generous employee discount where you can immerse yourself in our products and experiences. We are a proudly independent company-driven by purpose, guided by our values, and united by a belief in the power of sound. As the world leader in audio experiences, we’re creating what’s next-pushing boundaries and delivering transformative sound experiences for people everywhere. Join us and make your next career move a mic-drop. 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