Senior Software Engineer

If you are eager to work with cutting-edge audio technologies, this is the role for you.

What Dirac Offers You

At Dirac, we provide a highly entrepreneurial environment where you can be part of a team that is passionate about building a great business and inventing the future of sound. In this role, you will have the opportunity to work in leading-edge technologies that make a real impact on everyday experiences. You’ll be a part of a supportive and collaborative agile development team that values quality and continuous improvement.

We offer a modern workplace that supports flexibility and work-life balance. As part of our commitment to your well-being, we provide comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, life and injury insurance, wellness benefits, and pension savings with additional employer contributions.

Your role as Senior DSP Software Developer

As a senior developer for Dirac Live within Home & Pro, you will join an agile product team of passionate developers and audio enthusiasts. You will contribute to the solution’s backend processing, with design, implementation, testing, and evaluation of algorithms for estimation and design of filters for calibration, correction, and optimization. Most of the implementation is in C++ running locally inside the end-user app, but with some parts running in the cloud. You will work on the core processing behind our flagship Dirac Live technologies, including Dirac Live Active Room Treatment (ART), now available on several leading OEMs.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Productize signal processing algorithms into scalable and maintainable C++ code
• Optimise algorithm complexity (cycles and memory footprint)
• Assist the product manager to refine complex and large work items into smaller, valuable, and estimated user stories
• Evaluate and improve the quality of the audio processing algorithms
• Build and maintain evaluation methods/datasets to quantify audio performance and guard against regressions
• Test and use our product at home or in the lab
• Assist with 2nd-line customer support
• Maintain and improve the infrastructure and processes for build, test, and release

Who you are

• M.Sc. or PhD within Computer Science, Signal Processing, or other relevant areas
• 5+ years of industry experience
• Programming experience and proficiency in C++
• Strong skills in signal processing and applied mathematics
• Ability to reason about the audible impact of algorithm changes and performance trade-offs
• Passion for high-end audio
• Appreciation for agile development
• Fluency in spoken and written English
• Holds a team-oriented attitude, as well as the ability to work independently
• Holds a valid work permit or citizenship allowing you to work in Sweden and Denmark

Desired qualifications

• Experience with AWS services such as Lambda, ECR, and ECS
• Experience with relevant software engineering tools for CI/CD (Git, CMake, Conan)
• Experience from working hands-on in audio labs, connecting equipment, testing, and evaluating

About Dirac

Dirac is an audio tech company, known for best-in-class technology and a prestigious customer base that includes many of the world’s most reputable brands. We are passionate about audio and innovation, and our pioneering technology is shaping the future of sound experiences.

We are a global company with headquarters in Uppsala, Sweden, and R&D facilities in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Bangalore, India, with representation in Greater China, Germany, Japan, Korea, and the United States. Please read more about us at https://www.dirac.com/ and follow us on Social Media!

Location

The preferred location will be at Dirac’s headquarters in central Uppsala but also our office in Copenhagen is an option.

Questions about the position?

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Technology Manager Marcus Engholm at [email protected]. If you have any questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact the HR-department at [email protected]

Application

The selection process is ongoing, and we will review candidates continuously.

We’re looking forward to your application!