HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

About the Role

The candidate is responsible for researching and developing acoustic system for Harman Consumer Products like   Headphone, TWS, OWS and wearable acoustic products. The candidate need play a leader role to make technical roadmap of acoustic algorithm development and promote them to Business Unit. 

What You Will Do

Support Harman Consumer Audio Business Unit through relentless NPI project execution to meet SOP commitment to deliver “Industry-First” products.Research new acoustic component or solution or platform to make Harman Products unique. Like signal flow design, driver technology, adaptive ANC, immersive audio and so on.Work with global Harman research/engineering team and external research institutes or universities for new technology innovation and applications.Responsible for acoustics and ANC architecture design of consumer product, responsible for sound quality and ANC performance of consumer headphone and wearable product.Define acoustic requirement, develop acoustic concept and specification, interact with related functions as required.work with supplier and cross function to review the headphone design proposal and evaluate the feasibility. Arrange product architecture validation before tooling start.Conduct acoustic verification and sound approval.Help sound quality engineer for sound quality control.Assist manager to improve sound development process.

What You Need

BS or above degree in Acoustic.Solid headphone acoustic system or acoustic component research and development experience.  like driver design, acoustic simulation, acoustic system design and so on.10+ years of experience in running an Acoustic team to support large-scale consumer audio businessAcoustic expert to coach the team for new acoustic solution research.Proficient in acoustic theory, acoustic testing, acoustic simulation, and signal processing.Familiar with acoustic related algorithms and digital signal processing.Good experience at audio product development like Soundbar, Headphone, Smart Speaker, Conference System, hearing aid etc.Good experience on audio tools usage like Klipple, Soundcheck, Comsol etc.Experience at sound tuning and Golden ears.Good leadership and team management experience.

What is Nice to Have

Supervise team to publish technical papers on reputable magazines or technical journals

What Makes You Eligible

Willingness to travel.Willingness to work in an office.Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.

What We Offer

Flexible work environmentAccess to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN UniversityCompetitive wellness benefitsAccess to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and CafeteriaAn inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.