Senior Audio Applications Engineer - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 24 February 2026 by the employer.
Support the integration and debug of automotive audio amplifier products using Audio Precision analyzers, I2S/I2C interfaces, and custom reference boards.
About the role
As a Senior Audio Applications Engineer in the Mixed-Signal Product Division, you will provide engineering support to customers integrating and optimizing automotive audio amplifier products. The position focuses on design-in activities, customer development board design, and circuit analysis for automotive audio amplifier solutions.
What you'll do
- Provide direct engineering support to customers to ensure the successful integration and optimization of audio amplifier solutions. - Support the design and review of customer PCB schematics and layouts, component selection, and reference designs. - Lead the design of customer development boards and develop product collateral such as application notes, reference designs, and demos. - Conduct customer-application focused circuit analysis, data collection, and travel to customer sites to support design-in and debug activities. - Collaborate with IC Design, Systems, Validation, Test, and Software engineering teams during product development. - Support Marketing and Sales teams during product promotions and conferences, and lead technical trainings for customer and field teams.
What you'll need
- BS or MS in Electrical Engineering with 10+ years of Applications or Systems Engineering experience supporting audio products. - Experience with audio amplifiers and power electronics. - Proven experience debugging customer system level issues. - Hands-on experience analyzing and evaluating audio products with lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, signal generators, Audio Precision analyzers, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers. - Experience with PCB schematic and layout design, including component selection. - Demonstrated aptitude in understanding industry interface standards such as I2C, SPI, I2S, or high speed control/data bus. - Familiarity with scripting or programming languages such as Python.
Nice to have
- Experience with automotive standards such as AEC-Q100, ISO 11452, ISO 26262, ISO 7637, and ISO 16750. - Experience debugging hardware and software issues. - Proficiency in writing MATLAB and Python scripts. - Understanding of audio signal processing algorithms and techniques. - Experience with audio analysis software, MATLAB, and/or Excel mathematical analysis.
Skills: customer support, audio amplifier solutions, PCB schematics and layouts, lab equipment, design-in