Lead technical direction and execution for Windows driver and embedded audio software. Coordinate across customers and cross-functional teams, drive architecture and debugging, plan development and priorities, improve quality, automation, and testing, and document/share knowledge to scale solutions.
For over four decades, Cirrus Logic has been propelled by the top engineers in mixed-signal processing. Our rockstar team thrives on solving complex challenges with innovative end-user solutions for the world's top consumer brands. Cirrus Logic is also known for its award-winning culture, which was built on a foundation of inclusion and fairness, meaningful community engagement, and delivering enjoyable employee experiences at every turn. But we couldn’t do it without our extraordinary workforce – and that’s where you come in. Join our team and help us continue to make Cirrus Logic an exceptional place to grow your career!
Cirrus Logic is seeking a Senior Technical Lead to guide the technical direction, prioritization, and execution of the software team developing Windows drivers and related embedded software that enable advanced audio experiences in next-generation PCs. This role is ideal for an experienced embedded developer who has evolved toward technical leadership – someone who thrives on collaborating with customers and internal partners, aligning engineering work to business requirements, and ensuring the team is focused on the right solutions at the right time.
In this position, you’ll work closely with engineering peers, program management, applications teams, and external customers to drive clarity, direction, and alignment across a complex and fast-moving product space. You will be the central point of technical understanding across products and customers, facilitating conversations, identifying priorities, resolving ambiguity, shaping the hands-on development and debug activities of the team, and ensuring efficient and effective execution.
Responsibilities
- Technical Direction & Alignment
- Drive clarity on technical direction for new features, customer requirements, and long-term software evolution
- Facilitate discussions across developers to ensure alignment on architecture, design decisions, debug approaches, and implementation plans
- Maintain broad visibility into current and upcoming customer engagements, ensuring engineering priorities map cleanly to business needs
- Act as the central collection point of technical understanding; synthesize inputs from multiple engineers into unified plans and recommendations
- Execution & Cross-Functional Leadership
- Work closely with program management and engineering partners to plan development, track progress, and adapt priorities as needed
- Represent the Windows driver team in cross-functional forums with hardware, firmware, applications, marketing, and external partners
- Participate in customer calls, ensuring technical clarity, capturing requirements, and communicating impact and expectations back to the team
- Coordinate with developers on complex investigations – ensuring issues are understood, resourced, and aligned with overall priorities
- Quality, Efficiency & Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, test coverage, automation, or debugging workflows and collaborate with software leadership to drive changes
- Recognize emerging architectural or quality risks early and guide toward proactive mitigation
- Support documentation, knowledge sharing, and communication practices that enable scale across platforms and customers
Required Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s or Master’s in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 8+ years of experience in embedded, systems-level, or low-level software development (microcontrollers, embedded DSPs, Linux/Windows kernel, or equivalent)
- Experience working closely with customers and cross-functional partners to define requirements, plan development, and resolve complex issues
- Experience leading technical direction, architecture discussions, or feature planning within an embedded software team
- Understanding of OS architecture concepts such as concurrency, synchronization, interrupts, and hardware/software interaction
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate between engineering detail and business priorities
- Experience integrating software with hardware systems, including familiarity with serial buses and protocols (I2C, SPI, I2S, HDA, SoundWire or similar)
- Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving abilities across system boundaries
- Experience with CI/CD processes and systems, automated testing, and code quality tools
Preferred Skills and Qualifications
- Experience with kernel-mode driver development (Windows or Linux)
- Familiarity with PC system architectures and chipset-level integration
- Experience with Python, C++, or scripting for automation or tooling
- Interest in team-level improvements to quality, automation, or development processes
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Export control restrictions based upon applicable laws and regulations would prohibit candidates who are nationals of certain embargoed countries from working in this position without Cirrus Logic first obtaining an export license. Candidates for this role must be able to access technical data without a requirement for an export license. We are unable to sponsor or obtain export licenses for this role.
Cirrus Logic strives to select the best qualified applicant for any opening. Different approaches, ideas and points of view are both valued and respected. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable law.
Top Skills
Automated Testing
C++
Ci/Cd
Embedded Dsps
Hda
I2C
I2S
Kernel-Mode Driver Development
Linux Kernel
Microcontrollers
Python
Soundwire
Spi
Windows Drivers
Windows Kernel
Cirrus Logic Austin, Texas, USA Office
Cirrus Logic is nestled in the trendy West 6th neighborhood of Downtown Austin. Steps from our headquarters, you'll find incredible restaurants and nightlife, eclectic boutiques, independent book and record stores and the flagship Whole Foods Market and the Lady Bird Lake hike-and-bike trail.
Cirrus Logic Austin, Texas, USA Office
Cirrus Logic is nestled in the trendy West 6th neighborhood of Downtown Austin. Steps from our headquarters, you'll find incredible restaurants and nightlife, eclectic boutiques, independent book and record stores and the flagship Whole Foods Market and the Lady Bird Lake hike-and-bike trail.
Cirrus Logic Austin, Texas, USA Office
Cirrus Logic is nestled in the trendy West 6th neighborhood of Downtown Austin. Steps from our headquarters, you'll find incredible restaurants and nightlife, eclectic boutiques, independent book and record stores and the flagship Whole Foods Market and the Lady Bird Lake hike-and-bike trail.
Cirrus Logic Austin, Texas, USA Office
Just blocks away from ACL and hike and bike trails. Tons of restaurants and close to public transporation.
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