Audio Consultant Engineer - Linux Audio Stack (Remote/Anywhere)
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Description
What You'll Actually Do
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Upstream & Community Participation: Contribute to and collaborate with WirePlumber, PipeWire, and ALSA upstream communities
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Real-World Impact: Design, integrate, and ship embedded Linux audio systems that work reliably in real-world products
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Deep Technical Work: Implement and debug PipeWire + WirePlumber stacks, including ALSA, DSPs, and system-level interactions
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Customer Collaboration: Work directly with customer teams to translate requirements into robust audio architectures and solutions
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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
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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
What We Offer
Compensation & Benefits
We offer a competitive benefits package tailored to each country in which we have employees, plus a core global benefit offering accessible to all Collaborans. Our core benefits include:
Competitive salary based on experience and location
Office setup budget
Sabbatical/Retention of Services - after five years of continuous service
Co-working policy - support for working outside home
Wellness assessments - biannual wellbeing assessments with a trained mental health specialist
Conference attendance - we cover expenses and encourage speaking opportunities
Open source time - contribute to projects you care about
Work Environment
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Fully remote - work where y…
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