Principal Engineer, New Technology & Innovation Engineering, Consumer Audio

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About the Role:

The Principal Acoustic Engineer in New Technology & Innovation (NT&I) US ALab is to advance acoustics and audio system technology development with a strong emphasis on AIenabled acoustic systems and to enable successful adoption of these technologies through close technical partnership and collaboration with the BU product organizations.

As a Principal Engineer within COA NT&I you will lead and contribute to the research development verification and industrialization of nextgeneration acoustic technologies. The role operates at the intersection of acoustics signal processing and applied AI influencing flagship and massmarket products by transferring robust productionready technologies from the ALab into business units. This position requires deep technical expertise handson experimentation and the ability to translate advanced research into scalable manufacturable solutions.

Your Team

This position has no direct supervisory responsibility but will help contextualize technical career opportunities collaborating closely with BUs including LUX Audio engineering teams cross-functional partners and global COA stakeholders.

What You Will Do

Core Acoustic & System Engineering

• Lead the design analysis and optimization of acoustic systems for consumer audio products including loudspeakers soundbars subwoofers TVs and personal audio devices.
• Develop and validate transducers enclosures and system architectures using simulation and measurement tools (e.g. COMSOL Klippel prototyping).
• Partner with Electrical Engineering and DSP teams on systemlevel architecture tuning and verification.
• Define acoustic performance targets execute verification testing and provide datadriven guidance through development and industrialization.

AISupported Acoustic Technology

• Apply AI techniques as an enabling tool to improve acoustic performance grounded in physical modeling measurement data and system behavior.
• Support data collection characterization and verification activities for AIenabled acoustic algorithms including robustness evaluation on productionready hardware.
• Collaborate with DSP and data science teams to integrate AI where it enhances acoustic outcomes manufacturability and user experience.

Innovation Research & Collaboration

• Explore emerging acoustic and electroacoustic technologies and assess applicability to future platforms.
• Drive proofofconcept experiments within the NT&I ALab and support transfer of mature technologies into product organizations.
• Support sustaining engineering activities including tuning and optimization of products currently in the market.

What You Need

• Bachelors Degree in Acoustics Audio Engineering Electrical/Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience in acoustic or audio system engineering.
• Strong foundation in acoustic theory loudspeaker design and electro-acoustic systems.
• Hands-on experience with acoustic measurement and analysis tools (e.g. Klippel anechoic measurements distortion analysis).
• Experience working with DSP-based audio systems and system-level tuning.
• Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional global development environment

Bonus Points if You Have:

• Masters Degree or PhD in Acoustics Audio Engineering Signal Processing or a related field.
• 7 years of experience designing high-performance active audio systems.
• Practical experience with AI or machine-learning techniques applied to audio such as nonlinear control adaptive EQ or personalization.
• Familiarity with data collection feature extraction model training and validation workflows for AI-enabled audio algorithms.
• Proficiency in loudspeaker measurement techniques methods and equipment; experience with premium consumer audio products

What Makes You Eligible:

• Be willing to work in an office in Northridge CA
• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment
• Travel to Asia approximately 34 times per year to collaborate with regional teams and support project execution.

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
• Be Brilliant employee recognition and rewards program
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

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