Sr. Systems Engineer – Audio Amplifiers, Consumer (JM-64000666) - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 10 November 2025 by the employer.
About the role
As a Senior Systems Engineer, Audio Amplifiers (Consumer), you will define integrated circuits (ICs) and solutions for consumer products by translating customer needs into detailed design and test specifications used to guide the design of the IC. You will define audio and haptic amplifier devices incorporating ADCs, DACs, Class D amplifiers, and DSP blocks.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with tier 1 customers and internal engineering teams to define system and performance requirements, feature sets, and architecture definitions for complex IC designs containing ADCs, DACs, Class D amplifiers, sensor monitors, DSP, filtering, clocking, and communication interfaces. - Gather and evaluate customer requirements, system-level components, digital/analog process technologies, packaging options, and design constraints to propose viable solutions in IC specifications. - Author system requirements, specifications, and IC- and system-level use cases for design, emulation, and test teams. - Review verification and validation test plans, and participate in architecture, IC-level, and board-level design reviews with cross-functional engineering teams. - Evaluate ICs in the lab alongside bring-up, applications, and test teams, and perform competitive analysis including lab investigations. - Support audio and haptic amplifier roadmaps and participate in industry conferences to ensure compatibility with adopted standards.
What you'll need
- BS in Electrical Engineering. - 5+ years of experience in applications engineering or product definition supporting low/mid power audio amplifiers, Class D amplifiers, or mixed-signal integrated circuits for audio processing in portable electronic products (such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop PCs, pro audio, or audio accessories).
Nice to have
- MS in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of experience.
Skills: IC designs, architecture definition, DSP, mixed-signal integrated circuits, system-level components
This role has been open 220 days — well above the 81-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
472
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Median days open
81 d
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Median salary
$240k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Cirrus Logic | All employers we track in this specialty (472 roles · 67 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 472 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 29 | 3346 · 116 employers |
| Median days open | 220 d | 81 d (+139 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $240k |
Skills observed across this category: IC designs, architecture definition, DSP, mixed-signal integrated circuits, system-level components
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 80 open roles · median 84 d
- NVIDIA · 54 open roles · median 68 d
- Apple · 37 open roles · median 18 d
- AMD · 36 open roles · median 75 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 123 d
- Micron Technology · 21 open roles · median 102 d
How we counted: 472 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 67 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 26 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.