At Apple, extraordinary ideas have a way of quickly becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences. Sound is an essential and compelling facet of the customer experience. Apple has assembled an elite Acoustics team that enables our customers to experience music with delight, communicate with clarity, and enjoy elegant sound throughout our product line. In Apple Acoustics, we work with the utmost attention to detail, directly impacting the design of products that millions of people around the world love!
The Audio System Tuning team is looking for an Siri Validation and Tuning Engineer to ensure the correct marriage between audio software and acoustic hardware in Apple products. The successful candidate will be responsible for all Siri DSP optimization in various iOS, MACOSX and Wireless Apple products.

Description:

The candidate will be a member of the Acoustic Hardware Team, and will work day-to-day with the Audio Tuning Engineers, DSP algorithm & ML teams. This role will require attention to detail and excellent HW and SW debugging skills. You will be interacting with different teams at Apple regularly, and as such, you should have great communication and collaboration skills. You will tune, optimize, and listen to different internally developed algorithms for Apple HW with a focus on advanced techniques to deliver the best SIRI and Telephony experience across all Apple HW.

Preferred Qualifications:

In-depth Audio DSP knowledge for audio applications, such as Echo and Double Talk, Microphone Array Processing, Beam-Forming, Multi-Band Compression, Equalization, Noise Suppression in portable devices

Strong background in applying Machine Learning methods and frameworks for Audio applications

Knowledge of main KPIs used to validate SIRI and Telephony performance in Apple HWs

Knowledge on transducers and their Acoustic integration is preferred

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, ability to work optimally in multi-functional teams

Minimum Qualifications:

BS/MS or equivalent, preferably specializing in Audio or Electrical Engineering

Solid understanding of acoustics and signal processing fundamentals

Experience executing and debugging scripts with Python and MATLAB

Familiarity with acoustic measurement equipment such Head Acqua Test System, Soundcheck, and Audio Analyzers

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Pay & Benefits:

At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $181,100 and $318,400, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses - including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits.

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