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A Career at HARMAN

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About the Role

As a Senior DSP Software Engineer you will work on products that will be developed for OEM automotive amplifiers and other similar audio processing products. Products typically consist of a microcontroller for configuration, communication and control and a DSP processor for audio processing. Software development work will be mainly working within complex, multi-threaded, multi-processor or multi-core architectures and audio frameworks to integrate DSP algorithms and control structures.

Your Team

This position does not have any direct or indirect reports; but principal level engineers are expected to mentor more junior engineers and help guide their careers and activities.

What You Will Do

Develop and integrate audio DSP algorithms for the automotive environment

Co-develop and/or work within complex, multi-threaded, multi-processor architectures and audio frameworks to integrate DSP algorithms and control structures

Develop production ready software following a defined software development process

Design software features and architectures for an audio amplifier platform based on interpretation of customer requirements and/or technology development initiatives

Resolve design conflicts arising from multiple requirement sources and maximize code re-use, flexibility and scalability

Conceptualize multiple use cases to design a single system to suit many uses

Analyze and resolve incompatibility and conflicts between individual DSP algorithms under various modes of system operation

Estimate processing resources including MIPS, ROM and RAM

Optimize individual algorithms and total system performance

Analyze performance impacts of block size, sample rate, memory organization, cache usage and code structure

Analyze multiple approaches to a problem and chose the best solution based on experience and sound engineering practices

Present and defend technical decisions to peers and engineering management using facts

Integrate DSP algorithms with an audio framework, control software and tuning structure and extend the framework as necessary

Ensure all system components are diagnosable during development and once deployed

Work closely with other engineering groups to ensure total tuned system performance

Develop test plans and appropriate test vectors for independent validation of audio features

Perform regression and integration tests on audio features and systems

Create models and documentation suitable for other developers to create an implementation

Reverse-engineer designs from legacy software

Drive peer review of designs. Be an expert authority in reviews of team member contributions

Supervise and review contributions from the development team

Provide estimates of group programming effort to size the scope of projects

Port and optimize DSP algorithms to various processors and make use of available resources, peripherals, accelerators, compiler features, etc

Investigate new DSP audio related technologies and best practices

Create novel software solutions to issues in audio & acoustic systems

Work with software team leaders to negotiate resolution of issues

Establish and coordinate activities with third party developers and contractors

Communicate with peers inside the HARMAN group to coordinate software development. This includes occasional travel for training or coordination with other groups

Manage small projects and technical resources, including planning, estimating and follow through

Engineer convincing quick-turn demos using available hardware and software components

What You Need

Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, computer science, or equivalent

6-12 years overall experience

6+ years of embedded software development or testing

6+ years of C/C++ or other structured language

6+ years of experience in the DSP and/or audio field

Experience developing consumer products

Deep knowledge of filtering, speech processing, noise control and telecommunications algorithms in both time and frequency domains

Strong understanding of DSP frameworks and how individual DSP algorithms interface and interact with each other, the control software and tool interfaces in an optimized way

Experience with tuning/calibrating systems of algorithms

Knowledge of features, strengths and weaknesses of various DSP platforms and algorithm approaches

Expert in several embedded system debuggers, emulators, compilers, etc.

Working knowledge of embedded operating systems (schedulers, memory management, driver models, RTOS concepts

Experienced working with and/or leading off-shore development teams

Creative problem-solver capable of creating and reproducing complex software defects

Able to read schematics and debug analog and digital hardware

What is Nice to Have

Master's degree or PhD in Electrical Engineering or equivalent

Experience with multi-core System-on-Chip processors

Experience developing automotive or military products

Experience with SPICE compatible software development practices

Working knowledge of personal computing and mobile device platforms

Expert in MATLAB and Simulink

Deep knowledge of digital communication protocols: I2C, I2S, SPI, UART, USB, BT

Working knowledge of automotive networks: CAN, LIN, Ethernet, TCP/IP, MOST

Deep knowledge of audio systems and acoustic principles

Very good knowledge of amplifier hardware concepts including data converters, power supplies, output stages and analog filter design

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 10% domestic and international travel
• Be willing to work in Queretaro, Mexico

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
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

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.