Staff DSP Software Engineer - Cambridge, UK

Qualcomm; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm in Cambridge is seeking a Staff DSP Software Engineer for its Audio group, focusing on Bluetooth audio products. This role involves developing advanced algorithms for noise suppression and echo cancellation, requiring deep knowledge in DSP and real-time systems. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's, Master's, or PhD in relevant fields and demonstrate excellent programming skills in C and Python.

Benefits

Competitive annual salary

Performance bonus

Employee share purchase program

Generous pension scheme

Private medical insurance

25 days annual leave

Subsidized gym membership

Season ticket loan

Subsidized lunches in onsite canteen

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in DSP audio algorithm development.
• Extensive knowledge of audio processing products.
• Proficiency in Python and C with real-time system constraints.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Echo Cancellation and Noise Suppression algorithms.
• Integrate algorithms with audio framework in resource-constrained environments.
• Work collaboratively in autonomous teams for innovative product development.

Skills

Digital Signal Processing (DSP)

C Programming

Python

Audio Processing

Algorithm Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field

PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Job overview

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

General summary

At our Cambridge site, we are focussed on pioneering IoT and automotive technologies, with engineering areas of excellence including, Analogue and Digital Design, Voice and Music (Hardware, Software, OEM Support, Innovation). Cambridge is our largest office in the UK, with more than 600 team members including engineers, business strategists, and support staff.

About the role

The position of Staff DSP Software Engineer is in Qualcomm’s Audio group.

The Audio group is a world-wide group of engineers developing Audio framework technology for accessories based on Bluetooth like earbuds, headsets, sound bars, and smart speakers. The group is highly successful. Deliveries can be found in over 2 billion Bluetooth products. Audio wireless products continue to evolve, offering excellent opportunities for engineers to work on innovative product development.

The role of the DSP Software Engineer focuses firstly on the development and maintenance of the in-house Echo Cancellation and Noise Suppression (ECNS) algorithms and secondly on its integration with the audio framework. This involves coding in C, Matlab and occasionally assembler, within a resource constrained real-time environment.

The team maintains its own collection of tools mostly written in Python, used within the team and by customers.

Engineers work on both Windows and Linux with simulators, emulators, and silicon.

The projects tasks are usually split amongst small, mostly autonomous teams of specialists.

Individual engineers mainly interact directly with their peers inside and outside the team using a wide collection of tools (video conference, email, instant messaging, wiki, revision control, bug tracker...).

This is a position for an engineer with vast experience in DSP audio algorithm development within real-time embedded systems and who loves to work from low level world (boot up systems, HAL, etc.) to embedded system level design (subsystem interaction, feature level design, etc.). If you are somebody up for this task, that can diagnose, solve complex problems and work on features from requirement to completion, we would love to hear from you!

Perks and benefits

Qualcomm offers a broad benefits package including a competitive annual salary, performance bonus, an employee share purchase program, generous pension scheme, private medical and 25 days annual leave.

You will also be eligible for subsidized gym membership, season ticket loan as well as subsidized lunches in our onsite canteen.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.

Minimum Experience

• Ability to work in an organization working in the way described before.
• Understanding of signal processing software, in particular audio processing products.
• Expertise in digital signal processing (DSP) and algorithm development.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in development in system with tight CPU and memory requirements using C (not C++).
• Excellent understanding of software design techniques.
• Excellent Python knowledge.
• Excellent understanding of DSP and CPU architecture and design and HW/SW interaction.
• Experience testing and debugging new and legacy designs.
• Strong interpersonal, written, and verbal English communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree (or equivalent qualification) in software engineering or a systems engineering course with a software component.
• Knowledge in Echo Cancellation and Noise Suppression (ECNS) techniques.
• Proficiency in acoustics and audio signal processing.
• Experience with message-based operating systems.
• Experience with assembly language.

Keywords

Embedded software, Embedded Device Drivers, C, Assembly, Python, Software engineering, Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), Audio, DSP, Eclipse, CI/CD, Jenkins, RTOS, FreeRTOS

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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