Audio DSP Engineer
The Audio Programmer
Job DescriptionAudio DSP Engineer
Music Technology / Audio Software
Permanent, Full Time
USA - on site working at Knoxville office
Newly created role for an Audio Software Developer to join a music technology company, as they expand their team and increase their product line on a next-generation DSP platform.
Working closely with a small, specialised R&D team of music lovers, you'll use your skills in C/C++, DSP and embedded development to help develop products enjoyed by musicians all over the world. From concept and prototyping through to production-ready firmware, this is a hands-on, varied role in a collaborative team.
This is an ideal role for -
A DSP Engineer who already has some commercial experience and would like to join a smaller team where you can have real influence on the end product
An Embedded Software Engineer who is working in a different industry but is passionate about music and understands audio processing
An Audio Software Developer who has shipped their own HW or SW products and would like to work as part of a team
What You'll Be Doing
- Collaborating with Founders and Product Designers on audio algorithm development
- Developing audio DSP algorithms for embedded platforms (effects, synthesis, audio processing)
- Contributing to platform architecture and toolchain development for a new DSP platform
- Writing production-quality embedded C/C++ code
- Working with other Developers and Engineers on product design decisions, balancing technical constraints with creative goals
- Testing, debugging, and optimising code for real-time performance on resource-constrained hardware
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience writing DSP code for embedded systems
- Strong C/C++ skills in resource-constrained environments
- Solid understanding of DSP fundamentals: filtering, FFT, basic synthesis and audio processing concepts
- Comfortable working with real-time constraints and debugging timing-sensitive code
- Ability to work independently and drive projects forward with limited oversight