Embedded Software Engineer, Pre-development

You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most. 

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical. 

The engineering team at Bose is a thriving, passionate, deeply skilled team of professionals from a broad range of disciplines and experiences, who share a common goal—to create products that provide transformative sound experiences.

Job Description

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About the Team

Bluetooth, the TV stack, Voice Assistants, and the Internet of Things, all provide complex ecosystems with products from across the consumer electronics industry.  In addition to working with other products, the team fuses our latest multiroom and home streaming speaker technology into a seamless package.  It takes a combination of deep technical knowledge and broad system thinking to pull all of these pieces together.  The payoff is an insanely detailed system that appears simple and inviting to everybody, to enjoy music, audio books, movies, and sporting events with their family and friends. 

  

Are you ready to jump in and make every listening experience the best ever?  The right candidate is obsessed with the fine details that make a seamless experience, with astonishing lifelike sound for our customers.  The right candidate is committed to engaging an interdisciplinary team to bring the latest technology to every customer’s home. 

  

Are you with us? In addition to charisma and passion, here's what you’ll be doing and the skills you would need to bring along: 

 

Technical Responsibilities: 

• Work collaboratively with other cross functional engineers to execute software delivery plans. 
• Design and implement software components within the framework of a software architecture. 
• Contribute to all phases of the software development, including requirements analysis, design, implementation, test coordination, documentation, and lifecycle management. 

About You

• Expert with Modern C 
• Experience with Embedded C on Cortex-M series microcontrollers, peripheral configuration, DMA, memory management) 
• Experience handling real-time and near real-time requirements on embedded SoCs 
• Experience developing Bluetooth or Bluetooth Low Energy peripherals on embedded SoCs (Nordic nRF5340, Airoha AB1577, Qualcomm QCC5181, or similar)  
• Experience with Bluetooth GATT Services and Characteristics 
• Experience managing sensor/IMU ICs (BHI360 or similar) 
• Experience with Python Experience with source code management (SCM) tools (Subversion, Git, Perforce, etc.) 
• Strong spoken and written communication skills 
• Bonus: Experience with shell scripting and Linux command line tools 
• Bonus: Experience with DSP architectures 
• Bonus: Experience with audio management 
• Bonus: Experience with inference detection and machine learning on edge devices 
• Bonus: Exposure to build and configuration tools (Electric Commander, Make, CMake, Conan/Groovy) 
• Bonus: Exposure to procedural, object oriented, and functional programming concepts (lambdas, templates, and generic programming) utilizing C++ ‘11/‘14 
• Bonus: Exposure to debugging with GDB 

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Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.

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