Engineer Senior, Digital Signal Processing

Overview

The Senior Engineer, Digital Signal Processing is an experienced, independent individual contributor responsible for designing, implementing, optimizing, and validating advanced real-time DSP and machine learning solutions for our microphone array, integrated systems, pro audio, content creation, and unified communications products. This individual contributes to the development of audio processing solutions that meet product requirements, customer expectations, and industry standards while working closely with other engineers and cross-functional teams to deliver cutting-edge technologies in Shure’s products. This cross-functional role involves collaboration with software, applied research science, data, and test engineers, as well as partnering with various functional teams across the company to integrate and maintain cutting-edge technologies in Shure’s products.

Responsibilities

Lead:

• Lead the architecture, design, development, optimization, and validation of real-time DSP and machine learning solutions for microphone array products.
• Lead project planning activities, including defining scope, estimating effort, identifying resource needs, and driving execution to meet key project milestones.
• Lead troubleshooting, root-cause analysis, and resolution of complex product issues related to DSP, audio performance, embedded implementation, or system integration.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior engineers, fostering their professional growth and maintaining a culture of knowledge sharing and innovation, including delivering constructive feedback through design reviews, code reviews, and technical discussions.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to work independently and in a team environment, providing technical leadership and guidance to other team member.
• Collaborate: work as part of a cross-functional team including embedded software, hardware, acoustics, systems, test, product management, and user experience teams to ensure the successful deployment of audio signal processing solutions.

Implement prototypes and solutions:

• Utilize advanced DSP approaches and leverage ML/AI approaches to address challenges such as processing real-time, low latency data pipelines and right-sizing solutions.
• Implement and integrate solutions into complex signal processing chains.

Identify Signal Processing Requirements:

• Collaborate with colleagues, other engineers, and product managers to identify and document performance metrics and architectural options.
• Translate product requirements, customer needs, and system constraints into robust designs and implementation strategies.

Evaluate:

• Measure outcomes of DSP and ML/AI integration into the product design against identified metrics and fine-tune to optimize outcomes. Conduct subjective listening tests to balance results with objective results.
• Conduct thorough testing and validation of signal processing algorithms and systems, ensuring performance and functionality under various conditions.

Communicate:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain complex technical topics to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Adapts message to intended audience.

Ideate and invent:

• Brainstorm with colleagues, stakeholders, and other engineers to identify valuable use cases for Shure customers empowered by DSP and AI/ML, and combinations thereof. Optimize and platform solutions.
• Contribute to intellectual property, participate in brainstorming, and encourage innovation.

Follow Engineering Practices:

• Adopt and promote mature software engineering practices (e.g. code repositories, shared deployment frameworks, experiment tracking).
• Create and maintain high-quality technical documentation covering system and algorithm design, implementation, and testing.
• Stay Current in the Field: track and employ advancements in DSP, audio processing, embedded systems, and machine learning, and recommend technologies that can improve current or future products.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field; with minimum of 5 years of professional experience. (1 year of graduate level college is equivalent to 2 years of experience)
• Master’s degree with 3 years of related experience

Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of advanced DSP theory and experience designing, implementing, testing, and optimizing real-time audio signal processing algorithms.
• Ability to apply signal processing concepts to solve technical challenges and contribute to the development of high-quality audio solutions.
• Experience prototyping algorithms using tools such as Python or MATLAB.
• Proficiency in C++ programming, including object-oriented design.
• Experience or coursework with machine learning / Artificial Intelligence algorithm creation, implementation, or integration.
• Experience deploying DSP algorithms and/or machine learning models on embedded processors, FPGA, or GPU targets.
• Understanding of real-time embedded system constraints, including audio latency, memory usage, CPU utilization, and meeting real-time processing deadlines.
• Familiarity or experience with microphone arrays, beamforming, acoustic echo cancellation, dereverberation, noise suppression, automatic gain control, or speech enhancement.
• Familiarity or experience with audio processing on the Linux operating system.Experience in Audio engineering, DAWs, recording, or other audio production.
• Experience in audio system validation, including use of measurement equipment, analysis tools, and both objective and subjective evaluation techniques.
• Familiarity or experience with version control systems, issue tracking systems, continuous integration, or agile development practices.

WHO WE ARE

Shure’s mission is to be the most trusted audio brand worldwide - and for over a century, our Core Values have aligned us to be just that. Founded in 1925, we are a leading global manufacturer of audio equipment known for quality, reliability, and durability. We engineer microphones, headphones, wireless audio systems, conferencing systems, and more. And quality doesn’t stop at our products. Our talented teams strive for perfection and innovate every chance they get. We offer an Associate-first culture, flexible work arrangements, and opportunity for all.

Shure is headquartered in United States. We have more than 35 regional sales offices, engineering hubs, distribution centers and manufacturing facilities throughout the Americas, EMEA, and Asia.

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