Senior Acoustic Engineer - Wearables & Audio Innovation

Bose Corporation, U.S.A; Framingham (MA); On-site; USD 181,000 - 249,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus programs

Comprehensive health and welfare

401(k) plan

Exclusive perks for wellbeing

Employee discount

Job summary

Bose Corporation in Framingham, Massachusetts, seeks a Senior Acoustic Engineer to lead the creation and refinement of physical reference designs for wearable audio devices, including audio, noise cancellation and voice experiences. You will guide multi‑disciplinary teams across research and product development, translating innovations into licensable technology.

The role demands deep acoustics knowledge, hands‑on testing, and strong communication to drive end‑to‑end solutions while mentoring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s or PhD strongly preferred in related engineering.
• 10+ years of professional acoustical engineering experience.
• Strong problem solving and leadership of cross-functional teams.
• Deep knowledge of headphone/earbud acoustics and enclosure design.
• Experience with acoustic measurement systems (B&K, GRAS, Audio Precision).

Responsibilities

• Lead cross functional engineering project teams to invent, prototype and prove new or improved technologies for new wearable devices and customer experiences
• Contribute to the definition of documentation standards for existing as well as new, novel mechanical/acoustical reference designs to accelerate development and licensable technology adoption
• Create simulation models and tools to predict acoustical system behavior and to enable future development teams to quickly evaluate alternate permutations
• Design and execute acoustical experiments to verify / supplement simulation results
• Conduct acoustical measurements of transducer components, subsystems and full concept assemblies with associated data analysis and synthesis of conclusions
• Establish new measurement and/or design techniques or processes to accelerate the adoption and scaling of new capabilities
• Collaborate with engineers from mechanical, DSP, electrical and software domains to deliver end‑to‑end reference designs and ensure tradeoffs and dependencies are accounted for
• Anticipate and identify important system level tradeoffs, risks, guardrails and dependencies for product development teams to consider in future product decisions
• Present concepts, experimental results, recommendations and technical risks through peer reviews, design reviews, written documentation, and stakeholder demonstrations
• Ensure collaboration across research, product development and business unit organizations to ensure alignment for deliverables
• Contribute to proposing and championing new technology opportunities for further wearable product advancements

Skills

Acoustic engineering expertise

Data analysis

MATLAB

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

Communication

Beamforming

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Acoustical/Mechanical/Electrical Eng

Master’s or PhD strongly preferred

Tools

COMSOL

Simulink

SIMSPEAKER

Job description

Bose Corporation in Framingham, Massachusetts, seeks a Senior Acoustic Engineer to lead the creation and refinement of physical reference designs for wearable audio devices, including audio, noise cancellation and voice experiences. You will guide multi‑disciplinary teams across research and product development, translating innovations into licensable technology.

The role demands deep acoustics knowledge, hands‑on testing, and strong communication to drive end‑to‑end solutions while mentoring