Principal Software Architect

Framingham, MA, United States

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 About Bose

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.

Innovation is more than what we do. It’s who we are — constantly learning and constantly curious. We never stop imagining what better sound sounds like. We’re music fanatics and audio engineers. We’re explorers and inventors and dreamers. And we’re passionate down to our bones about making whatever you’re listening to a little more magical.

About the Role The Bose Software Organization (BSO) team is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Principal Software Architect to join our dynamic team in the automotive industry. As a Software Architect, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the technological landscape of our products, ensuring they meet the highest standards of innovation, performance, and customer satisfaction. This position requires an individual with a blend of deep technical expertise, exceptional customer engagement abilities, and strong leadership skills to foster collaboration across functions and drive successful outcomes for our customers and Bose. This software architect will have the following key responsibilities:

As part of the software architecture team, propose, define, design, and implement Bose automotive software architecture and platforms which provide the abstraction layers that enable us to deliver Bose unique audio experiences in various hardware and software environments.

Communicate with technical credibility, presenting Bose's software platform solutions effectively to targeted OEMs. Influence their technical decisions by showcasing win-win scenarios and reducing OEM’s audio software integration complexity.

Understand and communicate OEM’s software-defined vehicle roadmap and help align Bose’s automotive software architecture and platform direction to service the market.

Act as the software and audio signal processing technical expert, understand OEM’s specific needs and challenges, and provide solutions to address OEM’s development pain points and risks. Collaborate closely with the sales and business development teams to ensure alignment with customer expectations.

Lead technical demonstrations of Bose platform offerings to attract and convince customers during the presale process.

Be an influential leader who works cross-functionally to represent Bose's technical capabilities, particularly in software, to our OEM customers.

Leverage Bose's full software capability, including consumer product software, mobile apps, and cloud services, to bring additional value to the vehicle and our customers.

Stay abreast of the latest advancements in automotive audio software technologies, evaluating their relevance and potential integration into our products.

About You 10+ years of experience developing audio signal processing software, with experience at the architect level.

Deep knowledge in signal processing software architecture and frameworks for proprietary algorithms to run on complex multi-core car domain-controller/head-unit/amplifiers, including DSPs, SoC, CPU, and micro-controllers.

Hands-on knowledge with automotive processor architectures, such as Qualcomm snapdragon SoC, Analog Devices DSPs

Strong software development skills and knowledge/experience in software engineering best practices (i.e. OOD, modularity, extensibility, reusability and maintainability)

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to understand customer requirements, produce clear and concise technical documentation

Self-motivated and able to work independently to support multiple long-term partners.

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to analyze complex technical challenges to deliver optimal solutions.

BS in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with Audio and/or Software focus

Preferred Qualifications

Project management skills for planning, timing, executing, and reporting

Automotive industry experience

MS in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering with Audio and/or Software 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 [email protected]”

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If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation, please send a note to [email protected]