Vacant job

As Bioacoustic Field & Library Engineer, you will build and maintain the acoustic signal foundation that enables Flox’s Wildlife Behavior systems. You will lead the acquisition, validation, and structuring of species-specific signals across regions and habitats. Your work ensures that the signals deployed on Edge are biologically appropriate, acoustically robust, and operationally reliable. You will connect field reality with structured, high-quality signal assets that directly support deterrence performance and geographic expansion.

Role Scope

Owns

• Field recording strategy for new species and new geographic regions
• Development of recording standards (equipment, placement, environmental constraints)
• Acquisition and sourcing of high-quality species-specific behavioral signals
• Cleaning, segmentation, annotation, and preprocessing of raw audio
• Acoustic quality control (SNR, distortion, clipping, playback compatibility on Edge)
• Signal normalization and formatting for hardware constraint
• Metadata taxonomy and structured categorization of signals
• Library versioning, documentation, and asset management practices
• Identification of signal gaps aligned with product and regional expansion
• Validation of playback integrity under real deployment conditions
• Evaluation, correction and iterative improvement of acoustic workflow
• Coordination with external collaborators and field team for signal acquisition and pipeline testing and feedback
• Collaboration with Wildlife Behavior Engineer to prioritize signal acquisition needs

Cross-Functional Interface

• Works with Wildlife Behavior Engineer to align signal assets with behavioral strategy
• Works with Perception System Engineer on annotation standards and future perception-readiness
• Works with hardware/embedded teams to validate playback performance and constraints

Accountability Metrics

• Deployment-ready, structured acoustic signal library
• Clear species and region coverage aligned with roadmap (and perhaps context? – farms vs. train track collisions etc.)
• High-quality, validated signal assets with documented standards
• Reliable playback performance across environments
• Improvement in signal performance over time?

Execution Expectation

• Field-informed acquisition and validation
• Operational rigor in signal management
• Direct contribution to product expansion and deterrence capability