Audio/Edge AI Silicon Validation and Firmware Engineer

Be a part of the Low-power Audio team responsible for the development of Next Generation Audio and Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing that is key to delivering the latest voice and audio features expected in the mobile, compute, automotive and IoT markets.

The Audio and AI sub system is responsible for high fidelity audio across an array of interfaces as well as smart voice assistant HW accelerators that are contextual aware based on a suite of sensors. With a dedicated DSP, our industry leading power efficient solutions allow for continual operation between all power states with minimal impact on battery life.

An ideal candidate is an embedded Firmware Engineer interested in helping to validate and develop world-class low power audio and AI solutions. You will work within a multi-disciplinary, multi-site team of architects, designers and verification engineers and will be responsible for silicon validation and reference firmware development for next-gen audio IP cores.

Successful candidate responsibilities include the following:

• ASIC silicon bring-up and validation (functional, electrical, performance and power) of the audio IP core, DSP, various audio interfaces (I2S, PCM, SLIMbus, SoundWire, Audio Codec) and accelerators (low-power AI/ML inference).
• Develop functional test/validation plans, implement, and execute block-level and full sub-system/SoC testing 
• Use lab equipment such as audio generators/analyzers and oscilloscopes to validate audio IP blocks and interfaces.
• Interact with multiple engineering teams (Digital and mixed signal design and verification, HW architecture, SW/FW), across different geographies to debug, isolate and resolve SW and customer issues 
• Leverage FW and drivers and create procedures and test automation to speed-up and enhance validation 
• Test and debug both on ASIC platforms and emulation (FPGA prototyping systems) 
• Collect, analyze, and validate performance specifications and requirements