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.
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 JBL and Harman/Kardon.
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. The consumer audio industry is fast paced, fun and dynamic and we’re looking for someone who is proactive, loves to work with a lot of different stakeholders from all over the globe and has creative ideas.
You will join our Global Embedded Audio department for the EMEA region in the position of:
Principal Systems Engineer - Embedded Audio
About the Role:
We are seeking a full-time Systems Engineer to support our growing customer base across the EMEA region. In this role, you will serve as a critical interface between our customers and global engineering teams. Primarily capturing product requirements, estimating early-stage costs, and ensuring alignment with internal processes. This position is ideal for an experienced systems thinker with strong communication skills and a passion for turning complex needs into product requirement definitions and acceptance criteria.
What You Will Do:
- Partner with the EMEA HEA Sales team to serve as technical point of contact preparing and delivering technical presentations and demos to potential customers.
- Translate customer needs into structured technical documentation.
- Provide budgetary product and NRE cost estimates during early feasibility stages.
- Learn and apply global systems engineering and development processes.
- Identify EMEA specific process deviations and align with global teams.
- Support technical triage and feasibility review for new opportunities.
- Collaborate with program and project engineering teams to ensure project alignment.
What You Need to Be Successful:
- Bachelor’s degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, acoustic engineering, or a related engineering field.
- Minimum of 8 years of experience in product development or systems engineering.
- Proven ability to gather customer requirements and perform early technical scoping.
- Experience with cost estimation for BOM and NRE efforts.
- Strong communication skills and comfort working in cross-functional environments.
- Ability to work independently across multiple time zones.
- Fluent in English.
Bonus Points if You Have:
- Master’s degree in systems engineering, electrical engineering, acoustic engineering, or a related engineering field.
- Minimum of 10 years of engineering experience with 5+ years of technical management.
- Experience with machine learning techniques applied to audio.
- Previous experience supporting large corporations with technical expertise is preferred.
- Familiarity with Agile development methodologies.
- Demonstrated business acumen with the ability to engage with partners, whether customers or vendors at a strategic level.
- Fluent in European languages or Mandarin.
What Makes You Eligible:
- Be willing to travel up to 30%, domestic and international travel.
- This role is eligible to work remotely full-time with trips to customer office locations in the EMEA region.
What We Offer:
- HARMAN is offering a unique opportunity for growth and development in the dynamic and exciting world of consumer electronics.
- We provide a flexible work schedule that allows you to work from home.
- At HARMAN, we value diversity and inclusivity, and foster a friendly and supportive global working atmosphere. We believe in investing in our employees through career development opportunities, professional training, and competitive market-based compensation. As part of our commitment to employee well-being, we also offer a commuter travel package, environment allowance, and interesting collective health insurance scheme, pension, and employee discounts on world-class HARMAN/Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.).
- As a HARMAN employee, you will have access to professional development opportunities through HARMAN University's business and leadership academies, internal talent management leadership acceleration programs, and our "Be Brilliant" employee recognition and rewards program.
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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.