Audio Signal Processing Engineer

Audio Signal Processing Engineer

Oticon Medical is looking for an Audio Signal Processing Engineer to join our DSP team and support the execution of a key development project during a parental leave period. The role focuses on the evaluation and system-level verification of hearing aid signal processing, ensuring that algorithmic decisions translate into robust, perceptually relevant performance.

A central part of the role is the development, maintenance, and execution of audio test methods and materials, as well as the ownership of laboratory setups required to evaluate DSP performance under realistic and repeatable conditions.

On a medium to longer-term horizon, the role will evolve towards building and maintaining evaluation environments when we move to a new location, including responsibility for test setups, calibration chains, and test suites used across projects.

New, Permanent position with growth perspective

You will join a small and highly skilled DSP team working on the next generation of bone conduction hearing aids. Initially, you will support an ongoing project by ensuring high-quality DSP evaluation, system verification, and documentation. Over time, the role is expected to expand towards long-term ownership of test methods, speech material, and evaluation frameworks that support DSP development across programs.

Your main responsibilities will be: 

• Evaluate and verify audio signal processing at system level, with focus on perceptual and functional performance.
• Develop, maintain, and document test materials, such as speech and noise databases, test protocols, and evaluation procedures.
• Conduct and support user tests and psychoacoustic evaluations.
• Set up, calibrate, and maintain audio test environments used for DSP evaluation and user tests.
• Participate in DSP algorithm development, evaluation, and comparison.
• Document results and methods to ensure traceability, repeatability, and long-term knowledge retention.

Your Background

We expect you to have a degree in Electrical or Audio Engineering, Acoustics, Technical Audiology, Biomedical Engineering, or a related field, and experience or strong interest in several of the following areas:

• Solid understanding of audio signal processing and hearing-related DSP concepts.
• Experience evaluating DSP performance using objective and perceptual methods.
• Familiarity with speech testing, psychoacoustics, or perceptual audio evaluation.
• Hands-on experience with audio playback, recording, and calibration chains.
• Experience using MATLAB, Python, or similar tools for analysis and evaluation.
• Structured approach to test development, execution, and documentation.
• Experience from regulated development environments is a plus.

You take ownership of both evaluation results and the methods behind them.

You work comfortably at the intersection of DSP development, testing, and perception, and you communicate clearly with colleagues across disciplines. You are proactive in improving methods and test materials and handle evolving requirements with a pragmatic and solution-oriented mindset.

The job is in Smørum from where you need to be able to start onsite from day one.

Work environment

The Oticon Medical BAHS R&D organization consists of 45 people, split between the headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden; Smørum, Denmark; and Sophia Antipolis, France.

This position is open for the office in Smørum, Denmark, where we are currently 16 people located.

Due to the size of our organization, we collaborate closely with subcontractors and strategic partners for part of the development.

Come join us!
You can look forward to a role where audio signal processing decisions are grounded in solid evaluation and perceptual insight, and where your work has direct impact on the end-user experience.

Deadline for applications is May 17th, 2026.

Expected interviews:

1st interviews: 19th of May 2026.

2nd interviews: 21st and 26th of May 2026.

Please note: We only accept applications via our online platform, and we are not interested in inquiries from external suppliers.

If you have questions regarding the position, please contact Director of Sound Processor Systems, Simon Krogholt at skch@oticonmedical.com.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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