You know the moment. It’s the first notes of that song you love, the intro to your favorite movie, or simply the sound of someone you love saying “hello.” It’s in these moments that sound matters most. 

At Bose, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. We’ve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical. 

The engineering team at Bose is a thriving, passionate, deeply skilled team of professionals from a broad range of disciplines and experiences, who share a common goal—to create products that provide transformative sound experiences.

Job Description

At Bose, we have a passion for doing things that are better. It is about inventing new technologies that would truly benefit people and creating a culture where innovation and teamwork are valued above all else. Better sound is just the beginning. One goal unites us—to create products and experiences our customers simply can't get anywhere else.

The Bose Global R&D Core Engineering team in Bose Operations Center at Shenzhen, China is looking for a talented embedded software/diagnostic engineer to develop product-level software that will be utilized in the development of industry-leading, leading-edge consumer audio products, as well as in the exploration into new technologies and products. As an embedded software engineer, you will be responsible for developing, implementing, and supporting diagnostic software solutions that are required to design, develop and manufacture high-quality Bose products.

This position will

• regularly communicate and meet with external partners for debugging of technical issues, resolution of project problems, gathering of requirements and updating of status. 
• responsible for ensuring that projects developed with external partner follow Bose processes, meet corporate engineering standards and exceed customer expectations.
• have team leader responsibilities, helping to drive team direction, priorities and process implementation/improvements allocation
• drive effective communications and alignment between CM and Bose headquarters in USA
• have opportunity to work directly with hardware designers, software developers, and test engineers to develop the product’s embedded code
• provide direction/instruction to product assurance engineering team to setup & align the hardware-software debug environment at Bose Operations Center and CM labs.

In addition to the qualifications and skills listed below, the ideal candidate will be motivated, possess good debugging skills, have proven leadership skills, have the ability to work independently, and be able to quickly develop strong collaborative relationships with internal customers and organizations.

If the prospect of developing exciting, life-enhancing products for millions of people excites you, and you enjoy working on with other really smart people, then we want to meet you.

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 4+ years using C to develop embedded software and firmware
• Experience in developing system diagnostics or hardware and design validation utilities
• Proven Leadership skills
• Experience working on cross functional teams with electrical, software, and test engineers to develop product hardware bring up and hardware test strategies.
• Python programming and shell scripting experience
• Good fundamental software development skills: working with APIs, leveraging existing code, developing modular, reusable code
• Experience developing low-level drivers for common IO interfaces (USB, I2C, I2S, SPI)
• Experience in developing and debugging applications under Linux/Unix environment
• Good knowledge of Linux/Unix system device drivers, and kernel networking stack is a plus.
• B.S./B.E. Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Engineering or Technical Focus

Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success, and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities, and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.

If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send a note to wellbeing@bose.com