Senior Staff Engineer System Application Engineering Acoustics (f/m/div)

Infineon Technologies AG; München; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Infineon Technologies AG in Munich seeks a Senior Staff Engineer in System Application Engineering Acoustics to transform customer challenges into cutting-edge audio solutions. You will design, test, and integrate hardware and firmware, and build lasting partnerships with customers.

Lead PCB layout, develop DSP firmware, perform acoustic measurements, and collaborate with mechanical, software, and product teams to deliver reference designs and evaluation kits.

Qualifications

• A technical degree in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Development, Acoustics, or similar.
• At least 5 years of work experience in Application Engineering, R&D or Technical Marketing.
• Solid understanding of acoustic system design principles including microphone fundamentals, audio signal chain architectures and audio codec/DSP integration.
• Hands-on PCB design using Altium, KiCad, or OrCAD with high-speed/mixed-signal layout knowledge for audio circuits.
• Experience with embedded firmware development in C/C++ on ARM Cortex-M and audio interfaces (I2C, SPI, PDM, I2S, TDM).
• Familiarity with acoustic measurement tools like APx and interpreting acoustic metrics.
• Fluent English; German a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, development and test of state-of-the-art audio hardware solutions including selection and design-in of microcontroller, DSP, CODEC, speaker amplifier.
• Lead PCB design for audio hardware systems focusing on signal integrity, power delivery, EMI/EMC compliance.
• Develop and maintain embedded firmware for audio DSP and microcontroller platforms including driver development, codec configuration, and real-time audio processing.
• Plan and conduct system-level acoustic characterization and debugging using measurement equipment and lab setups.
• Collaborate with mechanical, software, and product teams to define system requirements and enable integration into demonstrators and reference designs.

Skills

Audio acoustics

Embedded C/C++

ARM Cortex-M

PCB design

I2S/I2C/SPI

English (fluent)

Education

Electrical Engineering degree

Acoustics background

Tools

Altium Designer

KiCad

OrCAD

Job description

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Your role

Key responsibilities in your new role

• Own the design , development and test of state-of-the-art audio hardware solutions including selection and design-in of e.g. microcontroller, DSP, CODEC, speaker amplifier
• Lead PCB design for audio-focused hardware systems mastering signal integrity , power delivery , and EMI/EMC compliance for acoustic applications
• Develop and maintain embedded firmware for audio DSP and microcontroller platforms , including driver development, codec configuration, and real-time audio processing pipelines
• Plan and conduct system-level acoustic characterization and debugging using measurement equipment and application specific lab setups
• Work closely with cross-functional teams including mechanical , software , and product teams to define system requirements, support design reviews, and ensure seamless integration of our products into demonstrators, evaluation kits and reference designs

Your profile

Qualifications and skills to help you succeed

• A technical degree in Electrical Engineering, Embedded Development, Acoustics , or similar
• At least 5 years of work experience in Application Engineering, R&D or Technical Marketing
• Solid understanding of acoustic system design principles including microphone fundamentals , audio signal chain architectures and audio codec/DSP integration
• Hands-on experience in PCB design using tools such as Altium Designer , KiCad , or OrCAD , with knowledge of high-speed/mixed-signal layout best practices relevant to audio and acoustic circuits
• Experience working within structured hardware development processes including design requirement documentation , schematic/layout review , design verification testing (DVT) , and cross-platform system integration
• Proficiency in embedded firmware development using C/C++ on platforms such as ARM Cortex-M , with experience in communication and audio specific bus interfaces (I2C, SPI, PDM, I2S, TDM) and implementing real-time audio processing algorithms
• Familiarity with acoustic measurement and analysis tools such as Audio Precision (APx) or equivalent, along with experience interpreting acoustic metrics
• Fluent English skills (written and spoken), German is a plus

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