You know the moment. Its the first notes of that song you love the intro to your favorite movie or simply the sound of someone you love saying hello. Its in these moments that sound matters most.
At Bose we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth. Weve dedicated ourselves to improving it for nearly 60 years. And were passionate down to our bones about making whatever youre listening to a little more magical.
The Engineering team at Bose is a thriving passionate deeply skilled team of professionals from a broad range of disciplines and experiences who share a common goalto create products that provide transformative sound experiences.
Job Description
As the leader of the Premium Audio System Team you will lead a team of senior and principal SW and HW System engineers responsible for the translation of Product and Experience User Needs and Platforms into detailed system and subsystem requirements specifications and architecture. This team drives the overall technical approach and are the technical leaders for crossfunctional HW and SW development teams. In this role you will be at the forefront of driving bestoutcome tradeoffs across competing business customer and technical approaches to deliver market leading noise cancelling headphones earbuds speakers soundbars etc. You will work side by side with talented engineering functional leaders to drive a culture that values innovation worldclass engineering and creating amazing customer experiences. Your team will be the primary technical leaders for new Premium product and experience development teams and accountable for the technical performance and integrity of these classleading products.
Key Responsibilities:
- Sets the overall standard for the System Team orchestrating the delivery of products and major SW features.
- Leads and manages a team of very senior and experienced System engineers in support of Premium Audio business.
- Build and develop the new HWSW System Engineer role and associated responsibilities guided by the companys product strategy portfolio and longrange vision.
- Provides critical thinking and problem solving oversight and coaching to the team.
- Blockingandtackling as needed to enable development team success. Removes roadblocks escalates and resolves blocking nonproject/program issues across the business.
- Work closely with other functional directors & managers to staff and support the active prioritized Product and SW Experience portfolio.
- Maintain and evolve the capability and capacity of System Engineer team to meet business needs within budget and business constraints.
- Stakeholder for System Design Review process and Accountable for quality of deliverables to SDR.
- Identifies leads and/or participates in process and work improvement charters and efforts.
- Is a change agentdriven to continuously improve our ability to deliver world class experiences for our customers.
Required Qualifications:
- BS in Engineering discipline required MS preferred
- 10 years experience developing HW SW products preferably in consumer electronics or similar product segment
- Experience leading and developing a technical staff
- Experience leading crossfunctional engineering teams (SW EE ME Mfg ID etc.
- Experience translating user and business needs & requirements into system specifications and architectural approaches
Preferred Qualifications:
- Demonstrated experience developing embedded SW as well as physical products preferably in consumer electronics or similar product segment
- Demonstrated understanding and application of Classic Systems Engineering fundamentals to architect and deliver complex HWSW systems
- Demonstrated ability to deconstruct complex and/or looselybounded problems both technical and organizational/procedural into solvable components or structure
- Experience managing teams to a budget as well as a thorough understanding of new product business plans and financial analyses. Business acumen strongly desired
Bose is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin age disability veteran status or any other legally protected characteristics. The EEOCs Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal Poster is available here: Bose is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application interviewing completing any preemployment testing or otherwise participating in the employee selection process please direct your inquiries to Please include Application Accommodation Request in the subject of the email.
Our goal is to create an atmosphere where every candidate feels supported and empowered in the interviewing process. Diversity and inclusion are integral to our success and we believe that providing reasonable accommodation is not only a legal obligation but also a fundamental aspect of our commitment to being an employer of choice. We recognize that individuals may have different needs and requirements based on their abilities and we provide reasonable accommodations to ensure ideal conditions are met during the application process.
Required Experience:
Director