Headphones Embedded Software 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 HARMANAs 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.

_ Do you want to work for some of the world’s leading audio brands? Become a part of the HARMAN team and get to work for our Sound United Business Unit. _

_ By joining HARMAN, you’ll dive headfirst into the exciting world of headphones, portable speakers, party boxes and other audio technologies, and contribute to the success of Harman Lifestyle EMEA business. _

_ You will join our Sound United Business Unit with iconic brands like Bowers & Wilkins, Denon, Marantz, Polk Audio, Definitive Technology, Classé, and Boston Acoustics, based in Barcelona, Spain in the position of: _

Headphones Embedded Software Engineer

This is a maternity cover position with a fixed-term contract.

A Career at HARMAN Lifestyle

We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s 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 You’ll Be Part Of

As Headphones Embedded Software Engineer, you will be a key member of the Headphones development team within the Bowers & Wilkins software organization, being part of a wider multidisciplinary team bringing to market exciting new projects in the headphones market and reporting to the Software Headphones Manager.

You will work across embedded firmware, mobile applications, cloud services, quality assurance, product, technology, and project teams to shape the software direction for premium headphone products. This role suits a strong technical engineer who can connect architecture and delivery, be part of a capable team, and maintain the engineering quality expected of a performance-oriented audio brand.

How You’ll Make An Impact

• Define the future software strategy and technical vision for headphone products, covering embedded firmware and the interfaces needed to support mobile applications and cloud services

• Participate actively in product and technology development, translating product ambitions into practical software deliverables

• Contribute as an active member of cross-functional project teams, helping products move through the overall development and approval process

• Understand external engineering resources, workloads, commitments, and delivery against agreed plans

• Champion software quality and engineering best practices that improve maintainability, reuse, automated verification, and long-term product support.

• Communicate technical trade-offs and build consensus across embedded, app, cloud, quality, product, project, and leadership stakeholders

What Makes You A Strong Fit

• Highly experienced in developing and testing embedded software in C and Python

• Highly experienced in delivering quality code that is clear,…