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You’ll advise our engineering team and client partners on microphone integration, acoustic path design, and acoustic signal processing. The work spans early feasibility studies through to enclosure design.\nWhat you’ll work on\nHelp clients understand what’s technically possible when developing products which capture acoustic signals in real-world, noisy environments.\nHelp MistyWest’s multi-disciplinary engineering team deliver products with excellent acoustic signal capture performance. \nWhat you'll own\nAct as MistyWest’s acoustic subject-matter expert during business development, joining client calls to understand the problem and show technical credibility.\nQuickly judge technical feasibility: what can be achieved acoustically, what can’t, and where the main risks are (e.g., sensing through a sealed enclosure, detecting target sounds in noisy environments).\nHelp shape the technical approach for proposals and pitches, including mic integration strategy, acoustic path concepts, array configurations and signal processing approach.\nSupport scoping and estimation by breaking acoustic work into phases, flagging unknowns and suggesting effort and test needs, so sales can make confident, accurate quotes.\nContribute to pitch materials with concept sketches, technical narratives, relevant references or prior art, and short write-ups that explain the approach in plain language.\nWhere useful, run quick early-stage work to de-risk a deal, such as a desktop feasibility study, a literature review, simple bench recordings or a rough proof-of-concept analysis.\nAnswer technical questions from clients and the internal team during the sales process, and help frame a sensible first phase of work.\nAdvise our MistyWest’s multi-disciplinary engineering team to ensure successful implementation of good acoustic design during the project delivery phase.\nWhere needed, directly drive forward acoustic design as a design engineer\nRequirements\nWhat you bring\n5+ years designing acoustic systems for hardware products, with at least one product that shipped or reached late-stage prototype\nBroad expertise across microphone integration and acoustic path design (including sealed and waterproof enclosures), microphone arrays and acoustic signal processing\nCan assess feasibility quickly and give a confident, well-reasoned point of view without a full engineering program behind it\nExperience scoping acoustic work and estimating effort, risk and test requirements\nStrong communicator who explains complex acoustic concepts clearly to non-specialist clients and sales teams\nComfortable in client-facing settings such as discovery calls, technical deep-dives and pitch meetings\nAvailable on a flexible, as-needed contract basis, often with short turnaround\nNice to have\nConsulting, pre-sales or technical advisory experience at an engineering services firm\nPortfolio of shipped products or published work they can reference to build client confidence\nFamiliarity with sound-based sensing applications (e.g., flow sensing, acoustic event detection, in-vehicle audio)\nBased in or near Vancouver, for occasional in-person client meetings\nBenefits\nHighly flexible: negotiate your own rates, hours and work location.\nHardware & Software Access: MistyWest can provide equipment and software support where needed\nTry us out! 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