Principal Engineer - Automotive Audio & Infotainment Provide technical leadership and architecture ownership for next-generation automotive infotainment and audio platforms. The role involves defining and driving end-to-end audio and infotainment architecture across Android Automotive OS (AAOS), Android Audio Framework, middleware, Audio HAL, DSP, Linux/ALSA, BSP, kernel, and hardware layers.

Key Roles & Responsibilities

- Define and own the technical architecture for automotive audio and infotainment platforms.
- Design end-to-end solutions across AAOS, Android Audio Framework, AudioFlinger, AudioPolicy, Audio HAL, DSP, ALSA, kernel, and hardware.
- Lead architecture and implementation of advanced audio routing, audio focus, volume management, device management, and concurrent audio playback.
- Design multi-zone audio architectures supporting independent audio sources and volume control for driver, passenger, and rear-seat zones.
- Define audio policies for media, navigation, voice assistant, telephony, alerts, notifications, ADAS sounds, and vehicle warnings.




- Lead root-cause analysis of complex audio and infotainment issues across framework, HAL, DSP, kernel, and hardware layers.
- Review technical designs, architecture documents, implementation strategies, and code from engineering teams.
- Establish engineering best practices for architecture, development, debugging, testing, and integration.
- Lead platform bring-up, system integration, validation, and production release activities.
- Mentor senior engineers and provide technical direction to cross-functional development teams.

Automotive Audio & Infotainment Expertise

- Robust knowledge of Android Automotive OS (AAOS), Android Audio Framework, AudioFlinger, AudioPolicyService, AudioPolicyManager, AudioTrack / AudioRecord, AAudio, Audio HAL, and AIDL / HIDL.

Experience

- 4+ years of relevant experience in automotive audio, Android Automotive, Android Audio Framework, embedded audio, infotainment, or related software development roles.

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📌 Principal Engineer - Automotive Audio & Infotainment (Pune)
🏢 KBD Talent Forge India
📍 Pune