DSP Engineering Manager - Consumer Audio

At Bose Corporation we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth — and for over 60 years we have been a company built on innovation excellence and independence. Privately owned fiercely customer-focused and driven by our values we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound. 

Today Bose Corporation is entering an exciting new era. Across multiple global Business Units and Global Functions we are shaping the future of audio technology automotive luxury and premium experiences. We invite you to join us in this transformation. 

Bose is seeking a DSP Engineering Manager to lead the On-The-Go (OTG) DSP team within Consumer Audio Engineering. This team delivers DSP capabilities for wearables and portable audio products and plays a central role in both consumer product development and the evolution of Bose’s audio technology platform.

This role emphasizes organizational and technical leadership delivery accountability and thoughtful influence. The OTG DSP team is experienced and highly capable. The manager’s impact comes from shaping direction setting clear priorities enabling execution and guiding how the team operates as Bose actively evolves from a product-centric model to a more platform oriented approach increasing reuse scalability and development efficiency.

While the position sits within the Premium Consumer Business Unit the team also serves as a center of excellence for audio engineering contributing reusable systems infrastructure and practices that scale across products and business units. On-site presence in Framingham is essential to support close collaboration leadership effectiveness and delivery success.

Technical Organizational and Delivery Leadership

• Accountable for technical direction and architectural judgments for DSP systems to deliver OTG wearables and portable audio.
• Own DSP delivery commitments for Consumer BU development programs balancing quality scope and execution tradeoffs.
• Influence the evolution of DSP infrastructure frameworks and toolchains used across OTG products with emphasis on reuse scalability and long term sustainability.
• Act as a thought leader and partner as Bose transitions toward a platform based operating model led by the Bose Audio Lab.
• Represent the OTG DSP team as part of an enterprise-wide audio technology center of excellence.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner closely with Product Management to influence and plan technology development priorities aligned to product and business needs.
• Build a strong tightly coupled working relationship with embedded firmware teams to enable shared ownership of system level architecture and delivery.
• Collaborate with systems engineering research user experience and peer engineering leaders to deliver integrated solutions.
• Advocate effectively for DSP priorities and tradeoffs across disciplines and organizations.

People Leadership and Team Enablement

• Lead coach and support a team of experienced DSP engineers.
• Manage day-to-day priorities dependencies and tradeoffs to keep the team focused on the most important work.
• Provide cover for the team by removing obstacles managing escalations and absorbing organizational complexity to enable focus on core technical work.
• Foster a culture of trust accountability and inclusion.
• Support individual career development and long term professional progression through coaching feedback and technical leadership.

Education & preferred qualifications

• BS in Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of relevant industry experience in DSP audio or related domains.
• At least 3 years of experience managing technical staff with increasing scope and responsibility
• Strong background in DSP engineering for consumer audio products including technologies such as audio playback noise cancellation or noise management and voice pickup.
• Demonstrated experience leading experienced technical teams through complex delivery prioritization and organizational change.
• Systems-level thinking with the ability to evaluate technical organizational and schedule tradeoffs.
• Proven ability to influence technical direction across disciplines and organizational boundaries.
• Experience working with or alongside machine learning systems applied to audio or signal processing including integration of ML-based approaches into production DSP systems.
• Demonstrated interest in growing team capability in ML-based audio technologies over time including hiring development and integration into existing workflows.
• Clear effective communication skills with engineers cross-functional partners and business leaders.

• Opportunity to shape the future of iconic luxury audio brands.
• International creative and technologically advanced environment.
• High-impact strategic role with strong visibility at group level.

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What We Do

At Bose Corporation we’re powered by our legendary brands — Bose McIntosh and Sonus faber — bringing together more than 175 years of combined technical expertise craftsmanship and artistry. Founded by Dr. Amar Bose our company is driven by purpose and devoted to advancing what’s possible in audio — creating transformative experiences in the home on the go and on the road.

Why Work With Us

At Bose Corp. we’re united by a simple belief: sound is the most powerful force on earth. It moves us focuses us connects us. It’s why we exist to invent—advancing science and art—to deliver transformative experiences. Join us to invent what’s next—and unleash the power of sound together. Let’s Make Waves.

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