[Hiring] Systems Architect @Bose Corporation

Role Description

The Audio Technology team is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer – Systems Architect, E2E to define complete end-to-end systems spanning hardware, software, audio signal processing, acoustics, connectivity, sensing, compute, and user experience. This is a senior technical leadership role for someone who thinks system-first. You will shape the overall architecture, go deep enough into individual domains to understand constraints and tradeoffs, and guide decisions across multiple engineering disciplines. Success requires broad technical depth, strong systems judgment, and the ability to earn credibility with specialists across hardware and software teams.

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end system architecture for complex audio systems.
• Translate customer, product, and technology needs into coherent system architectures.
• Define system decomposition, interfaces, data flows, functional boundaries, and resource allocation.
• Drive tradeoffs across hardware, software, DSP, acoustics, connectivity, sensing, power, compute, performance, and cost.
• Identify cross-domain risks and dependencies early and drive system-level solutions.
• Use modeling, simulation, prototyping, and test data to evaluate architecture options.
• Develop reusable architectures and reference solutions that scale across applications.
• Provide Principal-level technical leadership across Audio Technology, suppliers, and technology partners.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Systems Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• Significant experience developing and architecting complex multidisciplinary systems.
• Demonstrated experience leading end-to-end architecture across hardware and software.
• Strong understanding of embedded systems, including interactions among hardware, software, firmware, signal processing, and physical constraints.
• Experience defining system architectures, interfaces, functional decomposition, requirements, and technical tradeoffs.
• Demonstrated ability to work across engineering disciplines and optimize the overall system.
• Strong technical leadership and communication skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority.

Requirements

• Advanced degree in Systems Engineering or a related technical discipline.
• Experience architecting consumer audio, automotive audio, or other complex embedded systems.
• Strong knowledge of digital audio signal processing, acoustics, and audio system architectures.
• Experience with embedded processors, SoCs, DSPs, real-time operating systems, and Linux-based systems.
• Experience with distributed systems, connectivity, sensing, or hardware/software co-design.
• Experience developing reusable platforms, reference architectures, SDKs, frameworks, or technology building blocks.
• Experience working with semiconductor vendors, suppliers, automotive partners, or third-party integrators.

Benefits

• Competitive base pay tailored to skills, experience, education, and location.
• Bonus programs.
• Comprehensive health and welfare benefits.
• 401(k) plan.
• Exclusive perks designed to support your wellbeing.
• Generous employee discount on products and experiences.