Senior Audio Hardware Engineer

Who We Are

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates.

We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless.

We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset.

By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work.

Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work.

Who We Are

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates.

We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless.

We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset.

By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work.

Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work.

This position is based in Palo Alto, CA or San Francisco, CA and requires 3 days a week in the office with flexibility to work from home as appropriate.    

About The Role

Our team is a multidisciplinary group of hardware, embedded software, and cloud engineers dedicated to creating innovative wearable and consumer electronic products. We combine deep technical expertise and passion for technology to bring ideas from early concept to production.

What You Might Do: 

• Specify, design, and validate audio transducer systems including micro speakers, microphones, enclosures, and ports for consumer devices to meet target audio quality metrics.
• Manage technical trade-offs between power, performance, and form factor constraints, working closely with mechanical, industrial design, and EE teams.
• Lead component selection, including transducers, amplifiers, and passive components.
• Collaborate with software DSP teams to tune and optimize the full audio signal chain.
• Conduct root-cause analysis and troubleshooting of audio performance issues, including noise, distortion, and interference.
• Develop test plans, procedures, and documentation to support validation.
• Oversee schematic design, PCB layout, bring-up, and test of audio circuits, working with internal teams and external partners.

Essential Qualifications

• Requires Bachelors or Masters of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 7+ years of experience in audio hardware design and system architecture

• Expertise in audio transducer design and speaker enclosure design, acoustic modeling, and system-level integration for consumer or wearable devices.
• Strong understanding of analog and digital audio signal processing.
• Familiarity with audio test equipment and measurement techniques (e.g., Audio Precision, Klippel).

Preferred Skills

• Experience leading engineering teams in a cross-functional and fast-paced environment.
• Experience working with ODM teams to bring a consumer electronic or medical device from concept to production,
• Excellent written and verbal communication experience building technical documentation and presentations.

Compensation & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)

The salary range for this role is listed above. Final salary offered is based upon multiple factors including individual job-related qualifications, education, experience, knowledge and skills.

At HP IQ, we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;