Sr Audio Software Engineer

About the position

We are seeking a full-time Senior Audio Software Engineer in our Olathe, KS location on our Core Technology Team. This team offers you the chance to work on a variety of technologies that bring Garmin's consumer products to life. You will help Garmin develop our audio ecosystem for consumer devices across Garmin.

Responsibilities

• Serves in a leadership capacity as an individual contributor to design, develop, maintain, and integrate audio interfaces, microphones, and smart amplifiers in C/C++
• May serve as a Lead Software Engineer for complex software development project designs and/or reviews architected modules and software systems supporting new technology or improving capability/performance of existing functionality
• Engages with product teams to design future audio integrations and features.
• Decomposes functional requirements into well-defined tasks
• Researches fundamental problems and implements algorithm solutions that are appropriate
• Offers peer technical assessments in areas of expertise, new technologies and software designs
• Assists design engineering as needed with component datasheet review and schematic design review
• Participates in project leadership and/or program planning including providing technical input to product development plans and concept documents
• Makes substantial contributions toward determination of project goal/objective feasibility and applies good judgment in setting schedules/risk taking
• Mentors and provides guidance to less experienced Software Engineers (1 & 2)
• Contributes to advanced technical research on new technologies
• Offers process improvement suggestions and authors new procedures as appropriate
• Provides reliable solutions to a wide range of difficult problems using sound problem solving techniques

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Audio Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Math, Physics or related field AND a minimum of 5 years relevant experience OR an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Mastered proficiency in writing software in C and C++ on embedded systems
• Experience with audio bring up and downstream application support
• Experience with software development quality methodologies such as design review, code reviews, continuous integration, regression testing and static code analysis
• Demonstrated proficiency developing and debugging on embedded systems
• Demonstrated competence with researching fundamental problems and implementing appropriate algorithmic solutions
• Demonstrated ability to serve as a lead software engineer for a complex software project
• Ability to decompose functional requirements into well-defined tasks while balancing quality, quantity, and complexity in work output
• Demonstrated strong and effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills

Nice-to-haves

• Experience bringing up audio codecs, microphones, and smart amplifiers
• Experience working with other engineering disciplines to solve problems
• Experience working with vendors to evaluate and recommend microphones for products
• Experience with Python for data analysis and visualization
• Familiarity with digital signal processing (DSP) and machine learning (ML)
• Experience with real-time audio design in HW and simulation

Benefits

• Eligible for Garmin's benefit program