About
AAVAA believes you should be in control of your devices. To do so, we are developing a solution by fuses advancements in multiple fields to enhance our capabilities as humans, opening the door to a new era of Human-Machine Interaction.
About
AAVAA believes you should be in control of your devices. To do so, we are developing a solution by fuses advancements in multiple fields to enhance our capabilities as humans, opening the door to a new era of Human-Machine Interaction.
About
AAVAA believes you should be in control of your devices. To do so, we are developing a solution by fuses advancements in multiple fields to enhance our capabilities as humans, opening the door to a new era of Human-Machine Interaction.
Join Us
With AAVAA you get:
● The chance to solve one of the biggest challenges of human health
● Generous salary, benefits, and vacation program
● Work in the leading deep tech start-up incubator, TandemLaunch, surrounded by start-ups with specialists who are building the future with you
● A safe, healthy, and inclusive work environment
● Healthy snacks, frequent celebrations, endless tea and latte, social outings, and more!
Our Values
Meticulousness
Problem Solving
Team Player
We are looking for:
Embedded Systems Engineers
Engineers with 4 years of experience in the following areas:
Basic skills:
- ARM based 32-bit microcontrollers
- Schematics capturing and PCB design
- Firmware & hardware programming and debugging
- Standard electrical design tools (e.g., Altium, KiCad)
- Low-level (HAL and bare metal coding) & real-time OS development using C/C++
- Serial interfaces like SPI, I2C, UART, USB
- Hand soldering of surface mount devices
Preferred skills:
- Mixed-signal circuits with digital and analog circuit design
- Signal processing and machine learning
- Sound capturing and processing using I2S/SAI interfaces
- STM32 family microcontrollers
- FPGA and neural network accelerators
- Wireless modules (e.g., WiFi, Bluetooth)
- Low noise amplifier circuits and filter design
- Interfacing gyroscopes & accelerometers
- CAD tools
- Python, Matlab
- Firmware version control (Git)
Above and beyond:
- 7+ years of experience developing embedded systems
- Industrial hardware design of hearing aids or Bluetooth audio devices
- Ability to lead a highly multidisciplinary team and execute goals
- Design for mass production and Design for Cost rules
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Material Scientists
Engineers with 4 years of experience with the following:
Basic skills:
- Advanced material synthesis of biocompatible materials (composites, fibers, polymers, etc.) with the goal of attaining improved material properties and/or additional functionality (thermally/electrically conductive materials, nanocomposites, sustainable polymers, etc.)
- Biosensor materials development and characterization (DSC, TGA, DMA, rheology, Instron, chemical analysis, spectroscopy, etc.)
- Materials processing and testing (twin screw compounders, physical milling, solvent milling, instron, nanoindenter, etc.)
- Knowledge of materials, finishes, and specifications (SAE, ASME, ANSI, etc.)
Preferred skills:
- Material chemistry, physical properties, formulation, and/or processing, of polymers
- Design for manufacturability practices for low and high volume output
- Material development for manufacturing in healthcare and/or medical devices
- Familiarity FDA, QSR, cGMP, ISO13485, and EU rules and regulations.
Above and beyond:
- 7+ years of experience developing novel material with enhanced properties
- Experience assembling and preparing a lab with equipment such as chromatography, SEM, NMR, FTIR, rheology, and other chemical analysis techniques
- Ability to lead a highly multidisciplinary team and execute goals
- Design for mass production and Design for Cost rules
- Biocompatibility regulations for product implementation
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Industrial Designers
Engineers with 4 years of experience with the following:
Required to have experience with:
- Computer Aided Design software (Fusion 360, SolidWorks, etc.)
- Prototyping and testing
- Manufacturing process documentation
- Failure modes and effects analysis
- Design for Manufacturability and Design for Assembly for both low and high volume products
Nice to have experience with:
- 7+ years in design of wearable electronics
- Electrical engineering and design
- Selection of materials
- Illustration software (Illustrator, Photoshop, etc.)
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Acoustic Machine Learning and Signal Processing Engineers
Engineers with experience in the following areas:
Basic skills:
- Machine learning (e.g., DNN, CNN, RNN, GAN, LSTM and SVM, KNN, Naive Bayes.)
- Deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit)
- Advanced digital signal processing
- Advanced acoustics including techniques such as sound source separation, speech enhancement, noise reduction and cancellation, etc.
- High-level programming skills in Python, Matlab, C, C++, Java, etc.
- Fourier transforms, discrete signals, and filter design
- Time series data analysis
- Statistical methods such as Bayesian statistics and statistical inference
Preferred skills:
- Experience in biosignal analysis
- Feature engineering and dimensionality reduction
- Knowledge of using cloud platforms
- Github
Above and beyond:
- 7+ years in artificial intelligence and related fields
- Brain-computer interface and neuroscience
- Experience with firmware development of ARM based 32 bit microcontrollers
- Ability to lead a highly multidisciplinary team and execute goals
This position is also available through a Mitacs collaboration program with McGill University.
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
BCI Machine Learning and Signal Processing Engineers
Engineers with experience in the following areas:
Basic skills:
- Machine learning (e.g., DNN, CNN, RNN, GAN, LSTM and SVM, KNN, Naive Bayes.)
- Deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit)
- Advanced digital signal processing
- Experience with electrophysiological data analysis (EEG, MEG, etc.)
- High-level programming skills in Python, Matlab, C, C++, Java, etc.
- Fourier transforms, discrete signals, and filter design
- Time series data analysis
- Statistical methods such as Bayesian statistics and statistical inference
Preferred skills:
- Brain-computer interface and neuroscience
- Feature engineering and dimensionality reduction
- Knowledge of using cloud platforms
- Github
Above and beyond:
- 7+ years in artificial intelligence and related fields
- Advanced acoustics including techniques such as sound source separation, speech enhancement, noise reduction and cancellation, etc.
- Experience with firmware development of ARM based 32 bit microcontrollers
- Ability to lead a highly multidisciplinary team and execute goals
This position is also available through a Mitacs collaboration program with McGill University.
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Computational Neuroscientists
Postdoc level or PhD students currently enrolled in university with experience in:
- Electrophysiological data (M/EEG)
- Advanced digital signal processing
- Machine learning, including deep learning algorithms, such as DNN, CNN, RNN, GAN, LSTM
- Time-frequency and functional connectivity analysis
- Real-time brain-computer interface
- Auditory neuroscience and psychology of hearing
- High-level programming in Python and Matlab
This position is also available through a Mitacs collaboration program with McGill University.
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Audio Embedded Systems Engineers
Engineers with 4 years of experience in the following areas:
Basic skills:
- Speech enhancement, such as noise reduction, acoustic echo cancellation, gain control, microphone arrays, beamforming, or source separation
- Design of hearing aids or Bluetooth audio devices
- Familiar with PDM/PCM audio interfaces, USB, serial communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART)
- Knowledge of audio data converters (ADC’s, DAC’s and codecs)
- FreeRTOS
- Ability to interpret hardware circuits, schematics, and block diagrams
- Development and debugging of real-time audio system software
- Development of embedded DSPs and ARM cores
- Proficient in C++, C, Python, and Matlab
Preferred skills:
- Experience building Cloud-based back-end systems
- Advanced digital signal processing with experience in time series data analysis
- Familiarity with various DSP platforms and the trade-offs of embedded implementations
- Experience in acoustics and consumer audio electrical engineering architecture
- Some knowledge of machine learning and frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit)
- Industrial hardware design of hearing aids or Bluetooth audio devices
- Automatic speech recognition systems
- Github
Above and beyond:
- 7+ years of experience developing embedded systems
- Industrial hardware design of hearing aids or Bluetooth audio devices
- Ability to lead a highly multidisciplinary team and execute goals
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Unity Developers
Developers with 5 years of experience in game development with the following:
- Experience with bug fixing, maintenance, and optimization of AR (Hololens, Magic Leap, etc.) and VR (Oculus, VIVE, Gear VR, etc.) algorithms
- Strong integrated audiovisual Unity/Unreal programming experience
- Software development for consumer devices, AR/VR headsets, etc.
- Very good knowledge of C++ and C#
- Understanding of audio technical concepts (mixing, sample rates, data compression, filters, reverberation, 3D positional audio, etc.)
- Ability to write clean, simple, well-documented code from design requirements
Nice to have:
- Experience with audio programming (Max/MSP, Pure Data, Reaktor, etc.)
- Hand-on experience with audio middleware (ex: Miles, FMOD, Wwise, etc.)
- Ability to work in an agile environment
- Passion for video games and artificial intelligence
- Knowledge of using cloud platforms
- Experience using Github
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Signal Processing Engineers
Engineers with experience in two or more of the following areas:
- Speech enhancement, such as noise reduction, acoustic echo cancellation, gain control, microphone arrays, beamforming, or source separation
- Industrial hardware design of hearing aids or Bluetooth audio devices
- Advanced digital signal processing, particularly in biosignal analysis
- High-level programming in Python and Matlab
- Fourier transforms, discrete signals, and filter design
- Automatic speech recognition systems
- Machine learning and frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit
This position is also available through a Mitacs collaboration program with McGill University.
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Audio Enhancement Engineers
Engineers with experience in the following areas:
Basic skills:
- Speech enhancement, such as noise reduction, acoustic echo cancellation, gain control, microphone arrays, beamforming, or source separation
- Advanced digital signal processing and adaptive signal processing
- Development and debugging of real-time audio system software
- Development of embedded DSP and ARM cores
- Proficient in C++, C, Python, and Matlab
- Beamformer, microphone arrays, speech enhancement,
- Psychoacoustics, spatial audio
Preferred skills:
- Experience in time series data analysis
- Familiarity with various DSP platforms and the trade-offs of embedded implementations
- Some knowledge of machine learning and frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit)
- Experience in acoustics and consumer audio electrical engineering architecture
- VST plugins, digital audio codecs
- Automatic speech recognition systems
- Knowledge of using cloud platforms
- Github
Above and beyond:
- 7+ years in audio enhancement, signal processing, artificial intelligence, and related fields
- Industrial hardware design of hearing aids or Bluetooth audio devices
- Ability to lead a highly multidisciplinary team and execute goals
This position is also available through a Mitacs collaboration program with McGill University.
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Mitacs Interns
Three positions are available at the Postdoc level or for graduate students currently enrolled in a Canadian university through a Mitacs collaboration between AAVAA and McGill University (Prof. Sylvain Baillet). We are looking for a Computational Neuroscientist, Machine Learning Engineer, and Audio Enhancement and Signal Processing Engineer.
The positions are for the duration of 12 months, with the ability to renew the contract at the end of each term. In line with social distancing, the positions may initially be remote, which may evolve to be in-office positions located at AAVAA as the situation changes.
Please see below to ensure you have experience in several of the related areas.
Computational Neuroscientist
- Electrophysiological data (M/EEG)
- Advanced digital signal processing
- Machine learning, including deep learning algorithms, such as DNN, CNN, RNN, GAN, LSTM
- Time-frequency and functional connectivity analysis
- Real-time brain-computer interface
- Auditory neuroscience and psychology of hearing
- High-level programming in Python and Matlab
Machine Learning Engineer
- Machine learning, including deep learning algorithms, such as DNN, CNN, RNN, GAN, LSTM
- Classical machine learning approaches (e.g., SVM, KNN, Naive Bayes)
- High-level programming in Python, Matlab, C, C++, Java, etc.
- Deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit)
- Time series data analysis
- Feature engineering and dimensionality reduction
- Statistical methods such as Bayesian Statistics and statistical tests
- Knowledge of using cloud platforms
- Github
Audio Enhancement and Signal Processing Engineer
- Speech enhancement, such as noise reduction, acoustic echo cancellation, gain control, microphone arrays, beamforming, or source separation
- Industrial hardware design of hearing aids or Bluetooth audio devices
- Advanced digital signal processing, particularly in biosignal analysis
- High-level programming in Python and Matlab
- Fourier transforms, discrete signals, and filter design
- Automatic speech recognition systems
- Machine learning and frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, Keras, Scikit
If one of these sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
Marketing Interns
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Business Administration, Marketing, Journalism/PR or related fields
- Excellent communication & writing skills (English)
- Proficiency in video and photo-editing software
- Creativity, the ability to work independently
- Motivated, excited to learn, ability to work autonomously in a dynamic team
If this sounds like you, apply today at info@AAVAA.com!
AAVAA
AAVAA is a start-up based in Montréal, founded in 2019. We are strategically supported by the leading deep tech start-up incubator, TandemLaunch. We are dedicated to increasing diversity in technology; therefore, candidates of diversity are encouraged to apply.