Principal Systems Engineer

About the Role

Harman Pro is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer with a minimum of 8 years of experience in systems architecture embedded design and full lifecycle product development for professional Audio Video and Control products. This role requires deep technical expertise in requirements engineering cross-domain coordination including hardware firmware software and networked protocols. The engineer will lead architecture definition interface design and system validation while collaborating with product management to translate market requirements into scalable high-performance solutions. Responsibilities include technical project leadershipcovering estimation scheduling risk management and resource planningas well as coordination with internal engineering teams and third-party partners to ensure timely delivery of robust production-ready systems. A strong foundation in real-time systems signal processing and AV interoperability standards is essential along with excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills.

Your Team

This position reports to the Director of Systems Engineering Electronics. This is an individual contributor position and has no direct reports.

What You Will Do

• Develop system requirements architecture and design for audio video and control products in the professional A/V market.

• Maintain a deep understanding of current and emerging technologies and industry best practices.

• Participate in product development from inception to mass production.

• Coordinate work between all functional teams to ensure timely delivery of products to the market.

• Participate in the planning and execution of a long-term roadmap for Harman Pros product lines.

• Participate in research projects for proof-of-concept implementation of new technologies and ideas.

• Drive innovation and technology adoption within engineering.

• Foster a culture of innovation collaboration and continuous improvement within the engineering teams to support strategic objectives.

• Mentor junior engineers to develop a high-performing engineering team.

• Collaborate with product and project managers to align project objectives with business objectives.

• Collaborate across functional teams to lead design and architecture decisions for projects.

• Identify and mitigate potential project risks and challenges.

• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations.

• Collaborate effectively with 3rd party vendors and partners.

What You Need

• BS in engineering or related field.

• 8 years of relevant engineering experience on embedded platforms and products.

• 3 years of experience leading engineering team(s) as project technical lead or manager.

• Experience in a wide range of embedded product development from small microprocessors to large multi-core processors.

• Quickly assess situations identify root causes and determine required resources to effectively resolve.

• Knowledge of networking technologies.

• Experience with requirements management and traceability.

• Experience in task break-down estimation and resource scheduling.

• Proven experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams in a global environment.

• Strong technical expertise in embedded systems real-time operating systems (RTOS) and relevant development technologies.

• Excellent communication presentation and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical associates.

• Ability to oversee status and guide multiple simultaneous project teams.

• Ability to lead a project team and drive to on-time product release.

• Ability and desire to both manage and motivate a team and contribute as an individual to achieve product development goals.

• Experience with Jama Connect or other requirements tracking software.

• Ability to build relationships influence and motivate internal and external stakeholders across multiple countries.

• Passion for driving technology growth and innovation.

• In-depth understanding and practical knowledge of networking systems such as LAN WAN firewalls routers and switches

• Comprehensive understanding of network services and protocols such as TCP/IP DHCP DNS VLAN

• Experience with Multicast protocol to include IPGMPv2 IGMPv3 PIM MSDP

• Experience with security protocols such as TLS/SSL IPsec RADIUS 802.1x

• Experience with audio video and control products in the Pro A/V market.

• Fluency in multiple programming and scripting languages.

• Experience working hands-on with hardware and troubleshooting problems.

• Experience working with embedded Linux-based and RTOS-based products.

• Experience with network security certificates PKI infrastructure.

• Experience with web servers including front-end and back-end technologies.

• Experience working in a global matrixed organization.

• Experience with video technologies.

• Experience with audio signal processing.

• Fluency with Atlassian Tools (Confluence Jira Bitbucket).

What Makes You Eligible

• Willingness to work in our office in Richardson TX.

• Willingness for occasional travel both domestic and international.

• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment.

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location

• 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

• Tuition reimbursement

• Be Brilliant employee recognition and rewards program

• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development