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Acara Solutions, An Aleron Company · 1 week ago

Hardware Applications Engineer

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Acara Solutions has a full-time, direct hire opening for an experienced Applications Engineer to work with our client in Austin, TX who specializes in Electronics/Semiconductor Manufacturing. The role involves leading customer design initiatives, performing system integration and debugging, and executing PCB design reviews to ensure optimal product performance.

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Responsibilities

Customer Design Leadership: Drive the adoption of Client's products by serving as the primary engineering consultant for customers and Field Application Engineers (FAEs)

System Integration & Debug: Lead in-depth circuit analysis, data collection, and hardware debug to solve complex system-level integration challenges, travelling to customer sites as needed to ensure successful design-in activities

PCB Design Review: Execute technical reviews of customer PCB schematics and layouts to ensure optimal performance and integration of our high-performance components

New Product Enablement: Lead the Applications role in the definition and release of new devices, designing and maintaining key enablement assets such as application notes, reference schematics, and user guides to accelerate customer adoption

Design Tooling & Development: Design and schematic capture of internal and external customer development boards; collaborate closely with the software team on product tools and utilities

Mentorship & Training: Lead technical training sessions for both customer engineering teams and internal FAEs to elevate their product knowledge and troubleshooting capabilities

Cross-Functional Strategy: Communicate and collaborate effectively with silicon, firmware, and Product Marketing teams to contribute to the product roadmap and define key features for next-generation audio solutions

Qualification

Electrical EngineeringAudio TechnologyPCB DesignSignal ProcessingMATLABPythonSystem-Level TroubleshootingCustomer CommunicationLab Equipment ExpertiseProgramming AptitudeAdvanced AnalysisStandard InterfacesBoard-Level DesignPC Market KnowledgePassion for AudioCustomer Focus

Required

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

5+ years of hands-on experience in the acoustic/semiconductor industry, specifically with amplifiers, codecs, or related mixed-signal audio technology

Preferred

Master's degree in Electrical Engineering

Direct experience with the specific requirements, qualification processes, and ecosystem of the PC market (laptops, desktops, accessories)

An understanding of audio signal processing algorithms and techniques

Experience utilizing audio analysis software, MATLAB, Python, and/or Excel for complex mathematical analysis of performance data

A genuine enthusiasm and passion for audio technology and delivering a superior end-user acoustic experience

Proven experience with printed circuit board (PCB) schematic capture and layout design, including critical component selection

Demonstrated aptitude and understanding of various industry interface standards, such as SoundWire, I2S, TDM, and I2C/SPI

Strong, demonstrable experience analyzing and evaluating audio products with professional lab equipment, including oscilloscopes, signal generators, Audio Precision analyzers, logic analyzers, and spectrum analyzers

Proven track record of debugging complex customer system-level hardware, software, and firmware integration issues

Exceptional ability to clearly communicate complex technical challenges and solutions both verbally and in writing to customers and non-technical stakeholders

Familiarity with a scripting/programming language such as Python or similar for automation and data analysis

Willingness and ability to travel to customer sites and conferences to support design-in activities