Principal Audio Hardware Engineer

1w1 week ago

San Francisco, US · Full-time · $170,000 – $240,000

About this role

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab, combining startup agility with HP’s global scale to build intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team of engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds focused on an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we develop intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity and boost productivity.

The role involves a multidisciplinary group of hardware, embedded software, and cloud engineers dedicated to innovative wearable and consumer electronic products. We bring ideas from early concept to production with deep technical expertise and passion for technology. This position centers on audio hardware design and system architecture for consumer devices.

You’ll work closely with mechanical, industrial design, EE teams, software DSP teams, and external partners in a fast-paced environment. The team creates breakthrough solutions making complex tasks effortless and teamwork natural, always with a human-centric mindset. Collaboration drives embedding AI into every HP product and service.

Join us to reinvent work, enabling people everywhere to do their best work. By expanding what’s possible for individuals and organizations, we shape the future of work. This role offers impact through audio innovations in wearables and consumer electronics.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in audio hardware design and system architecture
Expertise in audio transducer design and speaker enclosure design, acoustic modeling, and system-level integration for consumer or wearable devices.
Strong understanding of analog and digital audio signal processing.
Familiarity with audio test equipment and measurement techniques (e.g., Audio Precision, Klippel).
Experience leading engineering teams in a cross-functional and fast-paced environment.
Experience working with ODM teams to bring a consumer electronic or medical device from concept to production.
Excellent written and verbal communication experience building technical documentation and presentations.

Responsibilities

Specify, design, and validate audio transducer systems including micro speakers, microphones, enclosures, and ports for consumer devices to meet target audio quality metrics.
Manage technical trade-offs between power, performance, and form factor constraints, working closely with mechanical, industrial design, and EE teams.
Lead component selection, including transducers, amplifiers, and passive components.
Collaborate with software DSP teams to tune and optimize the full audio signal chain.
Conduct root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of audio performance issues, including noise, distortion, and interference.
Develop test plans, procedures, and documentation to support validation.
Oversee schematic design, PCB layout, bring-up, and test of audio circuits, working with internal teams and external partners.

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long term/short term disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Generous time off policies, including 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure, 11 paid holidays, and additional flexible time off