Full job descriptionWhat You’ll Actually Do * Upstream & Community Participation: Contribute to and collaborate with WirePlumber, PipeWire, and ALSA upstream communities

* Real-World Impact: Design, integrate, and ship embedded Linux audio systems that work reliably in real-world products

* Deep Technical Work: Implement and debug PipeWire + WirePlumber stacks, including ALSA, DSPs, and system-level interactions

* Customer Collaboration: Work directly with customer teams to translate requirements into robust audio architectures and solutions

* Breadth When Needed: Support adjacent areas like Bluetooth audio and Linux audio tooling when required (pw-cli, pw-top, alsa-utils, tracing frameworks) to diagnose and resolve issues efficiently

* Be a Technical Advisor: Explain complex audio architecture decisions to product teams, provide honest assessments of what is and isn’t possible and build trust through transparent communication

What We’re Looking For Required:
* Strong hands-on experience with the Linux audio stack (PipeWire, WirePlumber, ALSA)

* Strong proficiency in C and systems-level programming

* Solid understanding of core audio concepts (latency, formats, synchronization, buffering, resampling)

* Proven ability to debug complex issues across multiple layers of a Linux system

* Comfortable working directly with customers in a consulting or support capacity

* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal

Nice to Have:
* Experience with ALSA kernel driver development

* Familiarity with Rust

* Exposure to Bluetooth audio (A2DP, HFP, LE Audio)

* Basic understanding of DSP concepts, such as signal flow, filtering, and common processing blocks (e.g. echo cancellation, noise suppression, beamforming)

* Contributions to relevant open-source projects

* Experience with embedded or real-time Linux systems