Overview
Principal Audio Hardware Engineer – HP IQ
HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. We combine startup agility with HP’s global scale to build intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates. We seek a diverse, world‑class team focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio, delivering intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and enable seamless collaboration with a human-centric mindset. By embedding AI advancements into HP products and services, we expand what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work. Join us as we reinvent work so people everywhere can do their best work.
About The Role
Our team is a multidisciplinary group of hardware, embedded software, and cloud engineers dedicated to creating innovative wearable and consumer electronic products. We combine deep technical expertise and passion for technology to bring ideas from early concept to production.
What You Might Do
- 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.
Essential Qualifications
- Requires Bachelor’s or Master’s of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
- 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).
Preferred Skills
- 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.
Salary Range and Benefits
Salary Range: $170,000 to $240,000
Compensation & Benefits (Full-Time Employees): The salary range for this role is listed above. Final salary offered is based upon multiple factors including individual job-related qualifications, education, experience, knowledge and skills. At HP IQ, we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including:
- 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
- Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
Other
Job – Engineering
Schedule – Full time
Shift – No shift premium (United States of America)
Travel – Relocation
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