Apple
Acoustics DSP Engineer
$150K–$278K
Cupertino, California · Full-time · Posted Oct 23, 2026
- Education
- BS/MS or equivalent, preferably specializing in Audio or Electrical Engineering.
About the job
Optimizes and tunes audio DSP for voice recognition across Apple hardware, integrating audio software with acoustic hardware.
What you'll do
- Tune and optimize internally developed audio algorithms for Apple hardware.
- Debug hardware and software issues in collaboration with audio tuning, DSP algorithm, and ML teams.
- Evaluate algorithms through listening and support voice recognition performance across Apple products.
What they ask for
- 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 as HeadAcqua Test System, Soundcheck, and Audio Analyzers.
Nice to have
- In-depth Audio DSP knowledge for audio applications, including echo and double talk, microphone array processing, beam-forming, compression, equalization, or noise suppression.
- Strong background applying Machine Learning methods and frameworks for Audio applications; Python and C/C++ coding skills preferred.
Pay
$150,400 and $277,600 USD base salary
Tools
Python, MATLAB, C/C++, HeadAcqua Test System, Soundcheck, Audio Analyzers
AI focus
Applies and tunes audio algorithms for voice recognition; preferred qualifications include applying Machine Learning methods and frameworks to audio applications.
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