Audio Telephony & Voice Validation Engineer - Palo Alto [273404]

$109,600 - $234,000 yearly

Job Description

Tesla is seeking an Audio Telephony & Voice Validation Engineer to join its world-class Audio team, where you will play a critical role in shaping the future of in-vehicle and robotics audio experiences. This position focuses on the validation and continuous improvement of telephony systems, speech recognition, core DSP algorithms, AI & ML and overall audio quality across fast-paced hardware and firmware release cycles. You will work closely with developers to integrate new audio hardware, develop automated test scripts, conduct critical listening evaluations, perform root-cause analysis spanning hardware, software, firmware, and manufacturing, and establish efficient validation processes.  All while bringing deep expertise in Telephony/Voice signal processing, AI/ML model robustness testing, and a genuine passion for audio perfection, Robotics and Electric Vehicles.

The Role

  • Define, design, and execute objective and subjective evaluations of telephony systems
  • Conduct acoustic measurements and data collection for vehicle and robotics audio applications
  • Develop protocols for evaluating and validating DSP algorithms, audio software, and hardware
  • Investigate, tune and debug algorithms for voice processing
  • Work closely with developers to investigate, define, and iterate algorithm advancements
  • Distill cross-functional requirements for new voice communication features to drive their design, validation
  • Define, develop, and execute validation methods for AI/ML modeling (ASR, TTS, LLM, etc.)
  • Triage and root cause audio issues, providing actionable details to developers
  • Manual validation of audio functions in the car including voice capture, media playback and debugging relative issues

Requirements

  • Knowledge of ITU-T and ETSI specifications for voice communications: e.g. P.800, P.835, P.1100 G.160
  • Experience with HEAD Acoustics ACQUA, setting up HATS and background noise simulation
  • Experience using Network Simulators e.g. R&S CMX 500
Anthony Antonucci

Qualifications

Relevant experience in Engineering & Information Technology; strong problem-solving skills; commitment to Tesla mission.

Immediate Fill

No