Harman

About the Role

The Senior Engineer, Audio Feature Validation (m/f/d) will be part of a cross functional team of audio domain experts. She/he will be responsible for developing and extending the validation strategy for the sound field control domain, as well as for planning, executing, and documenting the validation of new features that include SW, HW and user workflows. As part of the role she/he will also develop validation software, execute acoustic measurements, design subjective listening tests, and be responsible for the review of all the above.

In addition to a very good hands-on experience based on a solid academic foundation, 7 years+ experience in Audio validation and measurement she/he must be a passionate & culturally open individual, enthusiastic about closely working within a diverse team, with rigorous attention to the detail.

What You Will Do

• Validation Strategy Development - create, extend, and improve the long-term audio validation strategy and concept for the sound filed control domain. Incorporate validation processes with a strong focus on the quality of user experience, making validation concepts and results tangible for stakeholders and customers. Set-up long-term collaborations with other teams working towards a unified validation terminology and strategy.
• Audio Feature Validation - Ideate, align & execute the development & validation of new audio features based on using a modular approach of building blocks that get developed by a cross functional international team. Pay attention to effective signal flow creation with low footprint & best audio performance. Own features and actively drive the creation of user stories with the support of the project lead. The success of this role will also be assessed on the timeliness of delivery, the engineering efficiency and quality.
• Innovation – contribute to feature development, publications, and new IP that helps to protect our technologies & differentiate from competitors. Engage in creatively automating validation processes and improving validation software tools.
• Documentation – carefully gather, document, and present validation results to a wide range of stakeholders to foster a culture of transparency and trust in our technology development.
• Business Acumen - Keep the ROI and technology value in mind when making decision for validation approaches. Foster this value-based mindset when working with colleagues.
• Foster Team Collaboration - Effectively communicate, motivate, and develop technical excellence. Negotiate skillfully to achieve a fair outcome or promote a common cause; drive & communicate a compelling vision and be committed to what needs to be done; inspire others; be considerate and resolve conflict; understand what motivates different people. Act as a global team player.

What You Need

• Academic background - bachelor’s or master’s degree in Sound Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Signal Processing or equivalent.
• Audio Validation / Measurement - he/she shall have a strong experience in audio validation and must bring 7+ years hands on experience in validation strategy design, validation software development, acoustic measurement, and subjective listening tests. Additionally strong experience with the usage of state-of-the-art audio software applications is required. He/she shall also have hands on experience in using MATLAB and ideally Python. Knowledge in AI/ML domain and related fields is a plus. This experienced engineer shall bring a high-quality mindset und must be adamant about the role and value of validation in audio feature development.
• Acoustic/Electroacoustic/Signal Processing - the Senior Engineer, Audio Feature Validation must have a strong academic foundation combined with profound practical experience in electroacoustic, psychoacoustic and room acoustics with a focus on in automotive acoustics. He/she must be very familiar with the design, usage of acoustical measurement methods, tools and analysis of measurement results such as impulse responses, polar plots, spectrograms and similar. He/she shall have very good expertise in digital signal processing and also be familiar with acoustic simulations.
• Team Player - a considerate, forward-thinking individual with high ethical standards, accepting and representing accountability. Very good technical skills, analytical thinker and a well-organized and self-directed individual who is a strong team player, who can reach out beyond the immediate team to foster cooperations.
• Mentoring - experienced in digital (audio) signal processing, very good experience working in the Audio & or Automotive industry, resulting in the technical capability to guide less experienced engineers and lead by example.
• Software Product Development - experience with agile software development.

What Makes You Eligible

• Willingness to travel 10%- 20% of the time.

What We offer:

• HARMAN offers a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities, professional training and competitive market base compensation. You will also receive top-notch employee discounts on Harman’s Consumer Audio (JBL, AKG, HARMAN Kardon) and Samsung products
• Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global friendly working atmosphere and good work-life-balance
• Attractive salary package based on the Metall & Elektro Tarif Baden Wurttemberg and an Employer contribution towards a company pension plan
• Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies which also includes extensive technical trainings
• Internal talent management leadership acceleration programs
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program