Amplifier Test Manager

Introduction: 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 Revel Denon and Bowers & Wilkins
• Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development
• Create pitch-perfect cutting-edge technology that elevates the listening experience

What Youll Be Part Of

As the Amplifier Test Engineering Manager you will lead a team of 68 test engineers responsible for the hardware firmware and DSP validation of high-power amplifiers audio mixers and other audio products. You will own the validation strategy and execution for multiple development programs ensuring that testing provides clear repeatable and actionable engineering results. You will also advance the teams test-automation capabilities establish consistent validation and reporting standards and develop the technical capabilities of the engineering this role you will report to the Director of Test Engineering.

How Youll Make An Impact

Lead coach and develop a test engineering team responsible for hardware firmware DSP and system-level product validation for high-power amplifiers audio mixers and other professional audio products

• Define validation scope coverage strategies and detailed test plans for audio performance and signal-processing functions including mixing gain filtering delay limiting and protection.
• Review test plans procedures schematics automation solutions and validation reports for technical accuracy completeness and adherence to standards.
• Ensure validation results are traceable and repeatable and provide clear actionable engineering conclusions.
• Drive scalable test automation across hardware firmware and DSP validation including audio measurements DUT control data collection analysis and reporting.
• Guide the development of reusable automation frameworks measurement libraries instrument-control tools and DUT-control libraries that enable repeatable and reproducible validation setups.
• Own end-to-end validation execution from planning and scheduling through test oversight issue management and concise reporting of progress coverage defects risks resources and milestone readiness.
• Partner with the PMO engineering leads and stakeholders to estimate scope schedules costs resources and dependencies; identify slippage and technical risks early and drive recovery plans.
• Manage team workload resource allocation and priorities across multiple development programs.
• Ensure validation activities meet program phase entry and exit criteria and clearly communicate unresolved product risks.
• Establish objective metrics for program delivery test coverage defect discovery product quality and automation maturity.
• Partner with hardware firmware DSP systems and program teams to investigate failures and drive technical issues to resolution.
• Assess individual and team skill gaps and address them through training mentoring peer reviews and targeted assignments.
• Recruit interview and onboard engineers and test leads as organizational needs evolve.

What Makes You A Strong Fit

• Bachelors degree/MS in Computer Science Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or related field
• 8 years of experience in product validation test engineering embedded systems professional audio or a related engineering discipline.
• 3 years ofexperience leading & coaching engineers or technical test teams including responsibility for work prioritization coaching performance expectations and employee development.
• Experience leading & coaching engineers or technical test teams including responsibility for work prioritization coaching performance expectations and employee development.
• Strong knowledge of audio measurement principles and the ability to interpret measurements such as frequency response output level noise signal-to-noise ratio dynamic range THDN IMD crosstalk phase and group delay.
• Hands-on experience using test equipment from Audio Precision NI Keysight or similar to evaluate audio hardware.
• Programming or test-automation experience such as Python LabVIEW NI TestStand C#/.NET or a comparable language or platform.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to communicate technical risk validation status and product-quality concerns to engineering teams and leadership.

Bonus Points if You Have

• Experience architecting or significantly expanding a test-automation framework including reusable measurement libraries instrument-control layers device-under-test control libraries reporting utilities or test-sequencing infrastructure.
• Experience integrating automated validation with requirements-management defect-tracking source-control continuous-integration or automated-reporting systems.
• Experience leading geographically distributed engineering teams and coordinating validation activities across global development locations.

Things To Know

• Willingness to travel between US & Mexico up to 5%
• Willingness to work in an office in Richardson Texas
• Successfully completing a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment

What You Can Expect

• Access to employee discounts on HARMAN and Samsung products (including JBL Harman / Kardon AKG and others)
• Learning and development opportunities through our award-winning HARMAN University programs
• Wellness benefits designed to support your overall well-being
• Tuition reimbursement support
• Access to the HARMAN campus fitness center and cafeteria where available
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that supports both your professional and personal development

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