Sr. Systems Engineer – Audio Amplifiers, PC (JM-64000667) - Austin, Texas, United States
Originally posted 10 November 2025 by the employer.
About the role
As a Senior Systems Engineer, Audio Amplifiers, you will be responsible for defining integrated circuits (ICs) and solutions for consumer products by translating customer needs into detailed design and test specifications. The role focuses on defining audio amplifier devices for PC and consumer product lines.
What you'll do
- Define system and performance requirements, feature sets, and architecture definition for IC designs featuring ADCs, DACs, Class D amplifiers, sensor monitors, DSP, analog and digital filtering, clocking, and digital interfaces. - Propose solutions for IC specifications by evaluating customer requirements, interfacing components, process technologies, packaging options, and design constraints. - Author and present IC- and system-level use cases, requirements, and specifications for design, emulation, and test teams. - Review verification and validation test plans, participating in architecture, IC-level, and board-level design reviews across engineering disciplines. - Evaluate ICs in the laboratory alongside bring-up, applications, and test teams, and perform competitive analysis lab investigations. - Travel domestically and internationally 2–5 weeks per year to support customers.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree 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.
Nice to have
- MS in Electrical Engineering with 5+ years of experience.
Skills: architecture definition, IC designs, DSP, analog and digital filtering, system requirements
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: architecture definition, IC designs, DSP, analog and digital filtering, system requirements
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.