Acoustic Integration Engineer

Location: San Jose, United States. International travel is expected.

Salary: $120,000–$300,000 annually base salary.

Company

hirify.global is an artificial intelligence company developing multimodal models and next-generation hardware that interact with people and the real world through speech, text, vision, and persistent memory.

What you will do

• Own speaker and microphone subsystems from early prototypes through factory ramp.
• Characterize speaker drivers and microphone array geometry to guide transducer selection and product integration.
• Measure acoustic performance, including self-noise, sensitivity matching, frequency response, distortion, rub-and-buzz, and intermodulation.
• Quantify speaker-to-microphone coupling and provide pre-conditioning targets for AEC and beamforming DSP chains.
• Specify factory audio test sequences and bring up audio test stations for production.
• Lead acoustic failure analysis at contract manufacturers and validate robustness across temperature, humidity, drop, and aging conditions.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in acoustic integration, transducer design, or audio test engineering for consumer hardware shipped at scale.
• Strong knowledge of transducers, loudspeakers, and microphone array geometry.
• Hands-on experience with acoustic measurement systems such as Klippel, SoundCheck, or Audio Precision.
• Ability to review mechanical and acoustic CAD, read schematics, and interpret mechanical drawings.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• BS in acoustics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, or equivalent industry experience.

Nice to have

• 5+ years scaling acoustic systems into mass-market consumer hardware with overseas contract manufacturers.
• Knowledge of electrodynamic and MEMS transducer design and acoustic porting simulation using lumped-parameter, FEM, BEM, or COMSOL workflows.
• Experience with IP-rated audio path design and exposure protection.
• Programming fluency in MATLAB or Python for acoustic data analysis pipelines.
• Background in voice-first or far-field audio products.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on collaboration across acoustics, mechanical, electrical, firmware, operations, and reliability engineering.
• Direct impact on the audio experience of shipped consumer hardware.
• International travel as part of working with contract manufacturers.
• Full-time employment with base salary and additional compensation and benefits potentially included in the total package.