Audio Consultant Engineer - Linux Audio

What You'll Actually Do

Upstream & Community Participation: Contribute to and collaborate with WirePlumber, PipeWire, and ALSA upstream communities
Real-World Impact: Design, integrate, and ship embedded Linux audio systems that work reliably in real-world products
Deep Technical Work: Implement and debug PipeWire + WirePlumber stacks, including ALSA, DSPs, and system-level interactions
Customer Collaboration: Work directly with customer teams to translate requirements into robust audio architectures and solutions
Breadth When Needed: Support adjacent areas like Bluetooth audio and Linux audio tooling when required (pw-cli, pw-top, alsa-utils, tracing frameworks) to diagnose and resolve issues efficiently
Be a Technical Advisor: Explain complex audio architecture decisions to product teams, provide honest assessments of what is and isn't possible and build trust through transparent communication

What We're Looking For

Required:

Strong hands-on experience with the Linux audio stack (PipeWire, WirePlumber, ALSA)
Strong proficiency in C and systems-level programming
Solid understanding of core audio concepts (latency, formats, synchronization, buffering, resampling)
Proven ability to debug complex issues across multiple layers of a Linux system
Comfortable working directly with customers in a consulting or support capacity
Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice to Have:

Experience with ALSA kernel driver development
Familiarity with Rust
Exposure to Bluetooth audio (A2DP, HFP, LE Audio)
Basic understanding of DSP concepts, such as signal flow, filtering, and common processing blocks (e.g. echo cancellation, noise suppression, beamforming)
Contributions to relevant open-source projects
Experience with embedded or real-time Linux systems

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