1X
Audio Systems Engineer, Robot Head
San Carlos, CA$173.9k–$240kfulltimemidAdded 2 days ago
About this role
1X is hiring an Audio Systems Engineer to design and optimize microphone and speaker systems for NEO, a humanoid home robot. You'll own audio hardware and firmware development, working across teams to ensure robust speech capture, localization, and communication in real-world home environments.
What you'll do
- Design and integrate microphone and speaker systems optimized for home robotic applications
- Develop and validate audio hardware performance across diverse acoustic environments and operating conditions
- Partner with signal processing and ML teams to integrate audio systems with VAD, DOA, noise suppression pipelines
- Conduct field testing, data analysis, and iterative optimization to improve audio reliability and speech quality
- Establish validation methodologies and performance metrics supporting production deployment
- Collaborate across electrical, mechanical, software, and manufacturing teams on system integration
What they're looking for
- Audio hardware design and acoustics
- Microphone and speaker system integration
- Audio measurement and validation equipment
- Real-time audio streaming and digital signal processing
- Noise reduction and speech capture optimization
- Hardware prototyping, testing, and debugging
- Cross-functional collaboration and technical communication
- Data analysis and performance optimization
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