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What You Will Do:

As an Audio QA Engineer for our VOIP handsfree wearable product, you will play a crucial role in ensuring the high-quality performance of the audio features in our cutting-edge communication device. Your primary focus will be on testing and validating the audio functionalities, ensuring a seamless and exceptional user experience for voice communication and speech recognition. You will collaborate closely with the development and product teams to identify, analyze, and rectify audio-related issues, contributing to the overall success of our innovative wearable technology.

**Audio Testing:** Conduct comprehensive testing of audio functionalities, voice communication, call handling, audio playback, and recording, to ensure adherence to quality standards.

Speech Recognition Testing:

+ Design and execute comprehensive tests to evaluate the accuracy and performance of speech recognition algorithms in various environments.

+ Identify and report issues related to voice command recognition, natural language processing, and overall speech-to-text functionality.

+ Assess and ensure high-quality audio input/output for speech recognition, considering factors such as noise cancellation, echo suppression, and background noise handling.

Wake Word Testing:

+ Assess the wake word system's performance in the presence of ambient noise, varying audio levels, and diverse environmental conditions.

+ Identify and address challenges related to false positives and false negatives in wake word detection.

**Test Planning:** Develop detailed test plans and test cases based on product specifications and requirements related to audio features.

**Regression Testing:** Perform regular regression testing to identify and address any regression issues related to audio performance.

**Issue Identification and Reporting:** Investigate, analyze, and report audio-related issues with clarity, providing detailed information for the development team to facilitate efficient issue resolution.

What You Will Need:

_Basic Qualifications:_

+ Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field

+ 6+ years of work experience in wireless communication testing

+ Previous experience in audio testing for wearable devices or VOIP products

+ Familiarity with wearable technology and the challenges associated with audio performance in compact devices

+ Knowledge of continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) processes

_Preferred Qualifications:_

+ Certifications in relevant audio testing or quality assurance fields

$100k-215k salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Actual minimum and maximum may vary based on location. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.