Senior Audio / Software Engineer

Cerence

11h

About The Position

A Moving Experience. Opportunity: Cerence is the world's leading provider of speech signal enhancement solutions for automotive applications. Our products are deployed in all major brands such as Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, Renault, Porsche, VW, and have been installed in more than 250 million vehicles worldwide. Our Audio AI product portfolio includes ECNR solutions for hands-free telephony and multi-zone speech recognition, as well as software solutions for in-car communication (ICC), car Karaoke and acoustic event detection. We are looking for a dedicated individual to take over a position as Audio / Software Engineer for configuration, tuning and qualification of our Audio AI products.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor or master’s degree in electrical engineering, communications technology, computer science or in a related field; industry experience in one of these domains is preferred. An academic background in digital signal processing, speech and audio processing is desired.
• Minimum years of work experience: 2
• Required skills: Academic background in digital signal processing, speech and audio processing or similar
• Programming skills in MATLAB, Python and C / C++
• Good communicator who can represent Cerence professional services with customers
• Ability and willingness to travel frequently across-boarder and internationally
• Excellent language skills in English and at least elementary German or willingness to learn German
• Positive can-do attitude and ability to work in a team

Nice To Haves

• Experience in software development for embedded systems in either automotive, consumer electronics or telecommunications
• Familiarity with embedded HW and operating systems (e.g. Android, embedded Linux) is a plus
• Experience with ITU-T qualification standards for hands-free communication in motor vehicles (ITU-T P.1100, P.1110, P.1120)
• Knowledge of audio/speech enhancement processing components deployed in hands-free and ASR applications
• Good language skills in German

Responsibilities

• Review of the audio architecture for Audio AI applications in close cooperation with the customer
• Analysis of customer and third-party requirements
• Integration support for Cerence’s speech enhancement solution on embedded platforms
• Accomplishment of audio path measurements on the bench, analysis of test results and first level customer support for audio related issues
• Configuration, tuning, qualification and certification of Cerence’s speech enhancement technology in the vehicle for embedded and cloud based ASR solutions, hands-free telephony applications and other Audio AI products
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and prepare appropriate documentation
• Development and adaptation of test tools and existing test scripts
• Creation of customer demonstrations und support in the development of proof of concepts
• Support in project acquisition

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior