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Cirrus Logic · 16 hours ago

Senior Technical Lead – Embedded Software

Austin, TX

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

Cirrus Logic is a leader in mixed-signal processing, known for its innovative solutions and award-winning culture. The Senior Technical Lead will guide the technical direction of the software team developing Windows drivers and embedded software for advanced audio experiences in PCs.

Enterprise SoftwareReal TimeSoftwareSpeech Recognition

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Drive clarity on technical direction for new features, customer requirements, and long-term software evolution

Facilitate discussions across developers to ensure alignment on architecture, design decisions, debug approaches, and implementation plans

Maintain broad visibility into current and upcoming customer engagements, ensuring engineering priorities map cleanly to business needs

Act as the central collection point of technical understanding; synthesize inputs from multiple engineers into unified plans and recommendations

Work closely with program management and engineering partners to plan development, track progress, and adapt priorities as needed

Represent the Windows driver team in cross-functional forums with hardware, firmware, applications, marketing, and external partners

Participate in customer calls, ensuring technical clarity, capturing requirements, and communicating impact and expectations back to the team

Coordinate with developers on complex investigations – ensuring issues are understood, resourced, and aligned with overall priorities

Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, test coverage, automation, or debugging workflows and collaborate with software leadership to drive changes

Recognize emerging architectural or quality risks early and guide toward proactive mitigation

Support documentation, knowledge sharing, and communication practices that enable scale across platforms and customers

Qualification

Embedded software developmentOS architecture conceptsTechnical leadershipKernel-mode driver developmentCI/CD processesSoftware-hardware integrationAnalytical abilitiesTeam-level improvementsPythonC++Exceptional communicationProblem-solving

Required

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

8+ years of experience in embedded, systems-level, or low-level software development (microcontrollers, embedded DSPs, Linux/Windows kernel, or equivalent)

Experience working closely with customers and cross-functional partners to define requirements, plan development, and resolve complex issues

Experience leading technical direction, architecture discussions, or feature planning within an embedded software team

Understanding of OS architecture concepts such as concurrency, synchronization, interrupts, and hardware/software interaction

Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate between engineering detail and business priorities

Experience integrating software with hardware systems, including familiarity with serial buses and protocols (I2C, SPI, I2S, HDA, SoundWire or similar)

Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities across system boundaries

Experience with CI/CD processes and systems, automated testing, and code quality tools

Preferred

Experience with kernel-mode driver development (Windows or Linux)

Familiarity with PC system architectures and chipset-level integration

Experience with Python, C++, or scripting for automation or tooling

Interest in team-level improvements to quality, automation, or development processes

Company

Cirrus Logic

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Cirrus Logic is an industry leader in low-power audio and high-performance mixed-signal processing technology that creates immersive user experiences for the world’s top mobile and consumer applications.

Founded in 2012

Austin, Texas, USA

1001-5000 employees