Engineer, Acoustics

HARMANs engineers and designers are creative purposeful and agile. As part of this team youll 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 youll discover that at HARMAN you can grow make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

A Career at HARMAN Lifestyle

Were a global multi-disciplinary team thats putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. As a member of HARMAN Lifestyle you connect consumers with the power of superior sound.

• Contribute your talents to high-end esteemed brands like JBL Mark Levinson and Revel
• Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development
• Create pitch-perfect cutting-edge technology that elevates the listening experience

About the Role

This role is mainly responsible for the COMSOL simulation including Transducer component cabinet structure feature acoustical designing also will take responsible for transducer design and project process following. Ensuring that the transducer drivers performance will continue to be competitive advantage in all products and solutions.

What You Will Do

• Learning and mastering loudspeaker motor-system and suspension design in COMSOL (specifically for special transducer architecture) to design corresponding transducer components.
• Contributing to and eventually spearheading new Technology R&D efforts via simulation.
• Continuously advancing individual level of FEA theory and COMSOL knowledge through training exploratory learning and reading to become leading acoustic transducer simulation engineer.
• Use COMSOL simulation to screen out better or valuable solutions and shorten the lead time of the mockup sample preparation reduce the costs of prototype samples and tooling also the input of manpower.
• Completing acoustic measurements using Klippel R&D system to validate simulation results.
• Collaborating with customers enable to provide professional solutions for clients about the technical/technological requirements. To drive and assist transducer co-development design for manufacturing acoustic performance optimization and other related tasks.
• Be responsible for the transducer design mainly focus on the high quality pre-development simulation in the innovation aspect and products.
• Support sound quality control in collaboration with system engineer and Quality team.
• Follow up on the trail production of the projects in the manufacturers evaluate the factorys process control production capacity testing procedures. Etc. and prepare the relative documents released of the projects.
• Well cooperate with other departments and even customers/suppliers to ensure NPI are completed on schedule.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Bachelors degree or above in acoustical engineering or electrical.
• 12 years simulation and acoustics background experience be quite proficient in using COMSOL software to conduct the related simulation works.
• Be very similar with the components and performance of the transducer as well as their mutual influences also the transducer TS parameters analysis.
• Experienced in transducer measurement good at using proper equipments like Klippel soundcheck.
• Must have good hearing and be capable of accurately evaluating sound quality of audio product.
• Good communication skill and show professional knowledge when discuss with the suppliers and customers.
• Strong analytical and problem solved skills.

Bonus Points if You Have

• Ability to handle a variety of projects simultaneously.
• Ability to work in a quickly changing environment.
• Optimistic personality tolerance and cooperation ability.
• Excellent oral and written English skills.
• Familiar with manufacturing processes commonly used in acoustics and electronics assemblies.
• Build environment of trust high performance and engagement by establishing clear goals and a commitment to feedback development and recognition.

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment.
• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL HARMAN Kardon AKG etc.).
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University.
• Competitive wellness benefits.
• Be Brilliant employee recognition and rewards program.
• An 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 torace 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.