Principal Audio Data Scientist

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.

About the Job

You are a passionate AI professional, who is enthusiastic about automotive electronics and wants to define the future in-cabin user experience.

What You Will Do
- Conceptualize and design AI/ML solutions for automotive audio products
- Mine and analyze large audio and related datasets
- Identify data correlations and select existing or develop custom models/algorithms
- Assess the effectiveness and accuracy of data sources and data gathering techniques
- Develop processes and tools to monitor and analyze model performance and data accuracy

What You Need
- Master's degree in computer science or comparable practical experience
- 6 years of industry experience with 4 years of experience in applied data science, and big data technologies
- Demonstrated experience across audio topics like microphone and speaker beamforming, noise suppression or cancellation, immersive audio, binaural audio, and strong DSP fundamentals for algorithm development and understanding of challenges for real-time deployment
- Strong understanding of state-of-the-art audio ML (Machine Learning) processing technologies and practical experience with AI/ML tech stacks, tool chains, data collection, synthetic data, simulators, and MLOps workflows (e.g. PyTorch, Kafka, Apache Spark, DataBricks, Python, R)

Preferred Qualification
- Experience in automotive audio processing and products and knowledge in acoustics, psychoacoustics, acoustical benchmarking, sound quality, sound field measurement and equalization
- Experience in embedded model deployment and using AI accelerators (e.g. GPU, NPU, DSP)
- Proficient coding skills in C++, MATLAB

What Makes You Eligible
- Willingness to travel up to 10%, domestic and international travel
- Be willing to work in an office or home office in Garching, Germany

What We Offer
- HARMAN offers a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities, professional training and competitive market base compensation
- Hybrid work conditions
- You will also receive top-notch employee discounts on Harman’s Consumer Audio (JBL, AKG, HARMAN Kardon) and Samsung products
- Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global friendly working atmosphere and good work-life-balance
- Attractive salary package and an Employer contribution towards a company pension plan
- Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies which also includes extensive technical trainings
- Internal talent management leadership acceleration programs
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program

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HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity /Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race,color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin,disability or Protected Veterans status. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.

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