Principal Systems Architect — End-to-End Audio

Bose Corporation; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus programs

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Employee discount

Job summary

Bose Corporation is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer – Systems Architect, E2E to define complete end-to-end systems spanning hardware, software, audio DSP, acoustics, connectivity, sensing, compute, and user experience.

The role requires system-first thinking, deep domain knowledge, and the ability to influence multiple engineering teams while shaping Bose Labs' architectures for Consumer and Automotive audio experiences.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant experience developing and architecting complex multidisciplinary systems.
• Experience leading end-to-end architecture across hardware and software.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems, including interactions among hardware, software, firmware, signal processing, and physical constraints.
• Experience defining system architectures, interfaces, functional decomposition, requirements, and technical tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated ability to work across engineering disciplines and optimize the overall system.
• Strong technical leadership and communication skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end system architecture for complex Consumer and Automotive audio systems.
• Translate customer, product, and technology needs into coherent system architectures.
• Define system decomposition, interfaces, data flows, functional boundaries, and resource allocation.
• Drive tradeoffs across hardware, software, DSP, acoustics, connectivity, sensing, power, compute, performance, and cost.
• Identify cross-domain risks and dependencies early and drive system-level solutions.
• Use modeling, simulation, prototyping, and test data to evaluate architecture options.
• Develop reusable architectures and reference solutions that scale across applications.
• Provide Principal-level technical leadership across Bose Labs, engineering teams, suppliers, and technology partners.

Skills

Systems thinking

Embedded systems

Hardware-software co-design

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a related engineering field

Job description

Bose Corporation is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer – Systems Architect, E2E to define complete end-to-end systems spanning hardware, software, audio DSP, acoustics, connectivity, sensing, compute, and user experience.

The role requires system-first thinking, deep domain knowledge, and the ability to influence multiple engineering teams while shaping Bose Labs' architectures for Consumer and Automotive audio experiences.