Principal Hardware Engineer

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

Have you heard of JBL, Arcam, Mark Levinson, Revel or Harman/Kardon, some of the world’s leading audio brands? The market we are leading in, is fast paced, fun and dynamic.

Five prestigious brands – JBL Synthesis, Mark Levinson, Revel, Lexicon and Arcam - come together to offer the most advanced high-performance audio systems available. From the finest stereo listening to state-of-the-art multichannel home theater systems, the HARMAN Luxury Audio Group delivers pure, uncompromised sound.
The consumer audio industry is fast paced, fun and dynamic and
you will join our Luxury Audio department based in Cambridge, UK, in the position of:

As a Principal Hardware Engineer within the Luxury Audio Engineering Group
, you will have the opportunity to work within the legendary Mark Levinson brand and join a team of world-class engineers. Mark Levinson's audio circuit designs are fully discrete with no integrated circuits in the audio path ensuring the highest level of audio performance. Mark Levinson utilizes true luxury-class design and engineering that delivers amplifiers and audio components for the refined cost-no-object HiFi enthusiast.

Take a look at our latest line of high end audio products. Help us shape what's next.

You will report to the Director, of Engineering, Mark Levinson, and be part of a cross-functional team including industrial designers, hardware engineers, mechanical engineers, software engineers, and production teams.

• Work within a small multi-disciplinary team to develop new product hardware for luxury audio amplifiers and components.
• Understand schematics and work to ensure proper system design and function.
• Develop test plans and conduct rigorous hardware testing of platforms to ensure a luxury-class user experience, superior audio performance, and reliability.
• Prepare and present project reports, design reviews, and technical documentation.
• Drive innovation in audio system design by staying up to date with the latest technological advancements and industry trends.
• Ensure all designs meet stringent quality, compliance, and performance standards.
• Bring your attention to detail and a passion for achieving excellence in audio quality.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent work experience in a related technical discipline.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience working in system-level development of high-performance consumer audio systems.
• Previous experience working on discrete analog electronics
• Understanding of analog audio hardware design principles and digital audio hardware design including A/D and D/A.
• PCB design using Altium and the ability to carry out detailed design reviews of the PCB and schematic. PCB best design practices for EMC and noise.
• Debug hardware using test equipment.
• In-depth knowledge of audio measurement techniques.

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