Hardware Engineer
  • Location: UK - England - Cambridgeshire - 5 days onsite
  • Duration: 12 months
  • Start Date: ASAP
  • Pay rate: £275 - £350 per day PAYE
 
 
Responsibilities
  • Develop systems, user interfaces, and protocols for acoustic and behavioral data acquisition and processing using Python, MATLAB, and MaxMSP.
  • Collaborate with multi-disciplinary researchers to integrate data acquisition and processing algorithms into platforms.
  • Perform acoustic data collection involving complex capture systems, prototype devices, and human subjects in controlled laboratory environments.
  • Write technical reports describing research results and methodologies.
 
Minimum Requirements
  • Master’s degree in a relevant technical field with 3 years of industry experience in audio technology development, or equivalent combination of education and experience
  • 3 years experience in designing and performing audio acoustic experiments in controlled laboratory settings.
  • 3 years of programming experience in Python, MATLAB, or MaxMSP for audio applications
  • Strong understanding and experience in acoustics and audio signal processing
 
 
Preferred Qualifications
  • Expertise in real-time audio coding in C/C
  • Expertise in any/all of psychoacoustics, auditory perception, spatial audio, room acoustics, and physical acoustics
  • Experience using PyTorch or other machine learning frameworks
  • Experience with prototype hardware devices
  • Experience with motion tracking systems
  • Experience with large-scale automated data collection and analysis
  • Experience designing and setting up acoustic laboratory spaces
  • Experience working in cross-functional, inter-disciplinary environments
  • Demonstrated ability to produce high-quality technical reports and/or publications