Also called: Vehicle Sound Experience Designer, AVAS Sound Engineer
Creates the hum that quiet electric cars must make at low speed so blind pedestrians can hear them, plus the chimes and sounds inside.
US rules require electric cars to make noise when moving slowly. You design that sound in music software, then drive test cars past microphones on a track to check it is loud enough but not annoying. You also tune the turn-signal click and the 'welcome' tone, and test them with blind and low-vision volunteers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in acoustics, audio engineering, electrical engineering or music technology.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Acoustical Engineering, Audio Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Music Technology.
Growing faster than average. Grows with electric vehicle sales and safety rules.
Medium risk for 10 years. AI can generate candidate sounds; testing them on real cars, meeting safety rules and judging feel stay human.
Classes: Physics, Music or band, Computer science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 17-2199.
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