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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 building the technologies and platforms that will shape the future of Bose experiences. Within Bose Labs, SEA&P translates emerging technology into reusable architectures, platforms, and reference designs that can scale across Consumer and Automotive applications.\nWe are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer - Systems Architect, E2E to define complete end-to-end systems spanning hardware, software, audio signal processing, acoustics, connectivity, sensing, compute, and user experience.\nThis is a senior technical leadership role for someone who thinks system-first. You will shape the overall architecture, go deep enough into individual domains to understand constraints and tradeoffs, and guide decisions across multiple engineering disciplines. Success requires broad technical depth, strong systems judgment, and the ability to earn credibility with specialists across hardware and software teams.\nWho You Are\nYou are a systems thinker first. You start with the complete problem and intended experience, then determine how the hardware, software, and functional domains must work together to solve it.\nYou can operate at the highest level of architecture while going deep enough into individual domains to understand what is possible, where the risks are, and which tradeoffs matter most.\nMost importantly, you want to help architect the future of Bose-turning advanced technology into coherent, scalable, differentiated systems that power exceptional Consumer and Automotive audio experiences.\nWhat You’ll Do\nLead end-to-end system architecture for complex Consumer and Automotive audio systems.\nTranslate customer, product, and technology needs into coherent system architectures.\nDefine system decomposition, interfaces, data flows, functional boundaries, and resource allocation.\nDrive tradeoffs across hardware, software, DSP, acoustics, connectivity, sensing, power, compute, performance, and cost.\nIdentify cross-domain risks and dependencies early and drive system-level solutions.\nUse modeling, simulation, prototyping, and test data to evaluate architecture options.\nDevelop reusable architectures and reference solutions that scale across applications.\nProvide Principal-level technical leadership across Bose Labs, engineering teams, suppliers, and technology partners.\nMinimum Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.\nSignificant experience developing and architecting complex multidisciplinary systems.\nDemonstrated experience leading end-to-end architecture across hardware and software.\nStrong understanding of embedded systems, including interactions among hardware, software, firmware, signal processing, and physical constraints.\nExperience defining system architectures, interfaces, functional decomposition, requirements, and technical tradeoffs.\nDemonstrated ability to work across engineering disciplines and optimize the overall system.\nStrong technical leadership and communication skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority.\nPreferred Qualifications\nAdvanced degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline.\nExperience architecting consumer audio, automotive audio, or other complex embedded systems.\nStrong knowledge of digital audio signal processing, acoustics, and audio system architectures.\nExperience with embedded processors, SoCs, DSPs, real-time operating systems, and Linux-based systems.\nBackground with distributed systems, connectivity, sensing, or hardware/software co-design.\nDemonstrated experience developing reusable platforms, reference architectures, SDKs, frameworks, or technology building blocks.\nExperience working with semiconductor vendors, suppliers, automotive partners, or third-party integrators.\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: $168,300-$231,450.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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