At Bose Corporation, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth — and for over 60 years, we have been a company built on innovation, excellence, and independence. Privately owned, fiercely customer-focused, and driven by our values, we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound.
Today, Bose Corporation is entering an exciting new era. Across multiple global Business Units and Global Functions, we are shaping the future of audio technology, automotive, luxury, and premium experiences. We invite you to join us in this transformation.
Job DescriptionAbout the Team
Bose is known for innovative, high-performance audio systems and is expanding its reach through exceptional products and technology licensing. Our technologies power experiences in consumer and automotive applications around the world.
Join our Global Research & Development organization to help shape the next generation of audio experiences. Our teams explore new technologies, use cases, user interactions, and early concepts, then translate them into clear system requirements, scalable architectures, advanced algorithms, and tuning approaches that deliver exceptional audio experiences.
About the Role
We are seeking a Principal Systems Engineer to join Bose Audio Lab in a highly visible technical leadership role. You will shape platform strategy, define system architecture, and guide cross-functional teams in delivering advanced audio and sound management solutions that span across embedded systems, AI/ML algorithms, mobile applications, cloud services, and third-party software integrations for consumer, and automotive products.
Lead platform and system architecture for advanced audio and sound management capabilities across consumer, and automotive platforms from cradle to grave.
Partner with Product Management, Research, and Architects from various engineering disciplines to translate portfolio vision into technical strategy, system requirements, and platform roadmaps.
Drive end-to-end systems engineering activities, including integrating stakeholder needs, requirements definition, architecture development, trade studies, risk analysis, verification, and validation.
Identify opportunities for platform reuse, architectural commonality, and clear variation points to support scalable product line engineering.
Influence software and hardware design decisions by applying systems thinking across DSP and AI/ML algorithms, embedded systems, acoustics, cloud-connected experiences, and mobile applications.
Use model-based and analytical approaches to evaluate alternatives, guide trade-off decisions, and maintain traceability across stakeholder needs, requirements, architecture, and verification intent.
Lead critical architectural decisions, including make-versus-buy choices, reuse strategy, and technology selection, with clear rationale tied to business and product goals.
Partner across teams to identify and mitigate technical, safety, cybersecurity, and compliance risks early in development.
Stay current with emerging technologies and industry trends and help turn innovation into differentiated product experiences.
This is an ideal opportunity for a systems thinker to influence the future of audio, shape foundational platform decisions, and work with cross-functional teams to deliver technologies that delight customers around the world.
About You
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering (Systems, Electrical, Software, Acoustics, DSP, Audio Engineering), or a related field.
12+ years of experience leading complex platforms from concept through launch, with substantial experience in systems engineering, systems architecture, or related technical leadership roles.
Deep expertise in at least two relevant technical domains, with working knowledge across others such as DSP algorithms, acoustics, analog and digital electronics, sensors, AI/ML, embedded systems and firmware, cloud engineering, data analysis, and mobile applications.
Experience defining system architectures, managing technical trade-offs, and maintaining traceability across needs, requirements, architecture, and verification.
Strong understanding of ecosystem, platform, and system-of-systems relationships in complex platforms as well as requirements development, system decomposition, and verification/validation.
Excellent communication, collaboration, and influence skills to build alignment across disciplines and organizational levels.
Strong problem-solving skills, sound engineering judgment, and navigate ambiguity, conflicting requirements, and complex decisions.
Preferred Qualifications:
INCOSE ASE/CSEP certification or equivalent experience applying systems engineering first principles and best practices.
Experience in consumer audio, automotive audio, wearables, or other complex embedded product domains.
Experience using model-based systems engineering (MBSE) approaches to support architecture development and trade studies.
Experience working in Agile environments and leading cross-functional teams.
Experience driving organizational change, engineering transformation, or adoption of new processes and tools.
Comfort using modern engineering productivity tools, including AI-assisted tools, to improve efficiency and learning speed.
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 EEOC’s “Know Your Rights: Workplace discrimination is illegal” Poster is available here: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf. Bose is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to [email protected]. 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.
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The Bose Corporation was founded in 1964 by Dr. Amar Bose, right here in Massachusetts - a legacy that continues to shape our culture of innovation and excellence. Our HQ campus comprises of three buildings and more than 1,500 team members, supporting collaboration and driving our shared mission.
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