Staff Embedded Audio Systems Lead (QNX/Snapdragon)

Hashlist; Auburn Hills (MI); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hashlist is seeking a Staff Embedded Base Software Engineer - Audio Systems in Auburn Hills, on-site, full-time. You will lead the development of low-latency, multi-zone audio software on Qualcomm Snapdragon within a QNX infotainment HPC, delivering high-quality audio across navigation, calls, media, and ADAS cues.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with Qualcomm, hardware teams, and application layers to ensure robust, automotive-grade audio functionality.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of embedded software development with emphasis on audio on Snapdragon or similar SoCs.
• Hands-on QNX development: resource managers and drivers with DSP firmware exposure.
• Strong C/C++ skills across driver/HAL boundaries.
• Experience debugging audio issues across the stack (latency, synchronization, artifacts).
• Automotive or safety-regulated embedded domain experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead bring-up and integration of audio subsystems on new SoC platforms.
• Design low-latency, multi-zone, multi-stream audio routing for navigation, calls, media, and alerts.
• Debug audio issues: latency, pops, underruns/overruns, audio-video sync.
• Define quality practices: functional safety, boot budgets, power constraints.
• Collaborate with Android Automotive/AAOS teams, hardware/EE, and Qualcomm.
• Mentor engineers, run reviews, set audio-domain standards.
• Drive root-cause analysis for field/production audio issues.
• Support architecture for audio software spanning DSP, QNX drivers, and HAL/middleware.

Skills

Embedded software

Audio software

C/C++

QNX

Mentoring

Technical leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

QNX

QDSP6/ADSP

IPC (pulses)

JTAG/T32

Linux/QNX debugging tools

Job description

Hashlist is seeking a Staff Embedded Base Software Engineer - Audio Systems in Auburn Hills, on-site, full-time. You will lead the development of low-latency, multi-zone audio software on Qualcomm Snapdragon within a QNX infotainment HPC, delivering high-quality audio across navigation, calls, media, and ADAS cues.

You will mentor engineers, drive architectural decisions, and collaborate with Qualcomm, hardware teams, and application layers to ensure robust, automotive-grade audio functionality.