DSP Engineering Manager - Consumer Audio

Job Description

Bose is seeking a DSP Engineering Manager to lead the On-The-Go (OTG) DSP team within Consumer Audio Engineering. This team delivers DSP capabilities for wearables and portable audio products and plays a central role in both consumer product development and the evolution of Bose’s audio technology platform.

What You Will Be Responsible For

• Technical, Organizational, and Delivery Leadership
  Accountable for technical direction and architectural judgments for DSP systems to deliver OTG wearables and portable audio.
  Own DSP delivery commitments for Consumer BU development programs, balancing quality, scope, and execution tradeoffs.
  Influence the evolution of DSP infrastructure, frameworks, and toolchains used across OTG products with emphasis on reuse, scalability, and long term sustainability.

• Onsite Presence
  Essential for supporting close collaboration, leadership effectiveness, and delivery success.

People Leadership and Team

• Enablement
  Lead, coach, and support a team of experienced DSP engineers.
  Manage day-to-day priorities, dependencies, and tradeoffs to keep the team focused on the most important work.
  Provide cover for the team by removing obstacles, managing escalations, and absorbing organizational complexity to enable focus on core technical work.
  Foster a culture of trust, accountability, and inclusion.
  Support individual career development and long term professional progression through coaching, feedback, and technical leadership.

Why Join Us

• Opportunity to shape the future of iconic luxury audio brands.
  International, creative, and technologically advanced environment.
  High-impact strategic role with strong visibility at group level.

• Career Development
  Competitive base pay with bonus programs, comprehensive health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, and exclusive perks designed to support your wellbeing.
  Exclusive employee discount to immerse yourself in our products and experiences.

• Company Culture
  Proudly independent company driven by purpose, guided by our values, and united by a belief in the power of sound.
  Creating what's next—pushing boundaries and delivering transformative sound experiences for people everywhere.

What We Value

• Education & Preferred Qualifications
  BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
  15+ years of relevant industry experience in DSP, audio, or related domains.
  At least 3 years of experience managing technical staff, with increasing scope and responsibility.
  Strong background in DSP engineering for consumer audio products, including technologies such as audio playback, noise cancellation or noise management, and voice pickup.
  Demonstrated experience leading experienced technical teams through complex delivery, prioritization, and organizational change.
  Systems-level thinking with the ability to evaluate technical, organizational, and schedule tradeoffs.
  Proven ability to influence technical direction across disciplines and organizational boundaries.
  Experience working with or alongside machine learning systems applied to audio or signal processing, including integration of ML-based approaches into production DSP systems.
  Demonstrated interest in growing team capability in ML-based audio technologies over time, including hiring, development, and integration into existing workflows.
  Clear, effective communication skills with engineers, cross-functional partners, and business leaders.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. The EEOC’s “Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal” Poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf.