SENIOR PRINCIPAL SYSTEMS ENGINEER - AUDIO

Harman International - Richardson, TX

Full-time - Senior

Richardson, TX

10,001+ employees

Food and Beverage Retailers

About the position

The Senior Principal Systems Engineer at HARMAN is responsible for defining the next generation of professional audio products, including power amplifiers and mixing consoles. This role involves developing engineering requirements, specifications, and product architecture documentation, and encompasses all steps of product development from concept to manufacturing release. The engineer will act as a subject matter expert with deep knowledge of audio systems, industry standards, and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop system requirements, specifications, and architectures for professional audio products.
• Work closely with engineering design teams to implement products while meeting cost and performance requirements.
• Act as technical product owner through all development phases from inception to mass production.
• Collaborate with global product line managers (GPLM) to define product roadmaps which will fulfill business strategy, enable growth, and position products in a competitive market.
• Investigate and stay updated on emerging standards and technologies.
• Define testing strategy and lead effort to troubleshoot bugs and system-level issues on prototype builds.

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
• Minimum of 12 years of relevant engineering experience.
• Deep experience in development of electronic hardware in the domains of audio, signal processing, high-power amplifiers, networking, compute, or power supplies.
• Experience authoring technical documentation for an engineering audience.
• Understanding of the steps required to take an electronics product from concept into production on time and at the desired cost.
• Familiarity with electronic design and simulation tools.
• Familiarity with issue tracking and collaboration tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Experience with Jama Connect or other requirements tracking software.
• Ability to effectively build relationships and motivate internal and external stakeholders globally.
• Demonstrated interpersonal, leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's degree in electrical engineering.
• Experience developing audio products for professional or consumer markets.
• Experience with high-power class-D audio amplifiers.
• Experience with DSP frameworks and processing flows for audio.
• Familiarity with audio test and measurement tools and techniques (i.e. Audio Precision).
• Familiarity with professional audio production techniques and workflows for live sound reinforcement, studio recording, or cinema.
• Familiarity with audio acoustics pertaining to speakers and microphones.

Benefits

• Competitive wellness benefits and 401K Savings plan.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities.
• Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work-life integration and collaboration in a global environment.
• Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University's business and leadership academies and extensive course catalog.
• Tuition Reimbursement.
• Access to employee discounts on world-class HARMAN products (JBL, Harman/Kardon, etc.).
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.