Amplifier Test Manager

Harman Becker Automotive Systems Manufacturing Kft • Richardson, TX

61d • Onsite

About The Position

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

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree/MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering or related field
• 8+ years of experience in product validation, test engineering, embedded systems, professional audio, or a related engineering discipline.
• 3+ years of experience leading & coaching engineers or technical test teams, including responsibility for work prioritization, coaching, performance expectations, and employee development.
• Experience leading & coaching engineers or technical test teams, including responsibility for work prioritization, coaching, performance expectations, and employee development.
• Strong knowledge of audio measurement principles and the ability to interpret measurements such as frequency response, output level, noise, signal-to-noise ratio, dynamic range, THD+N, IMD, crosstalk, phase, and group delay.
• Hands-on experience using test equipment from Audio Precision, NI, Keysight, or similar to evaluate audio hardware.
• Programming or test-automation experience, such as Python, LabVIEW, NI TestStand, C#/.NET, or a comparable language or platform.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical risk, validation status, and product-quality concerns to engineering teams and leadership.

Nice To Haves

• Experience architecting or significantly expanding a test-automation framework, including reusable measurement libraries, instrument-control layers, device-under-test control libraries, reporting utilities, or test-sequencing infrastructure.
• Experience integrating automated validation with requirements-management, defect-tracking, source-control, continuous-integration, or automated-reporting systems.
• Experience leading geographically distributed engineering teams and coordinating validation activities across global development locations.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a test engineering team responsible for hardware, firmware, DSP, and system-level product validation for high-power amplifiers, audio mixers, and other professional audio products
• Define validation scope, coverage strategies, and detailed test plans for audio performance and signal-processing functions, including mixing, gain, filtering, delay, limiting, and protection.
• Review test plans, procedures, schematics, automation solutions, and validation reports for technical accuracy, completeness, and adherence to standards.
• Ensure validation results are traceable and repeatable and provide clear, actionable engineering conclusions.
• Drive scalable test automation across hardware, firmware, and DSP validation, including audio measurements, DUT control, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
• Guide the development of reusable automation frameworks, measurement libraries, instrument-control tools, and DUT-control libraries that enable repeatable and reproducible validation setups.
• Own end-to-end validation execution, from planning and scheduling through test oversight, issue management, and concise reporting of progress, coverage, defects, risks, resources, and milestone readiness.
• Partner with the PMO, engineering leads, and stakeholders to estimate scope, schedules, costs, resources, and dependencies; identify slippage and technical risks early and drive recovery plans.
• Manage team workload, resource allocation, and priorities across multiple development programs.
• Ensure validation activities meet program phase entry and exit criteria and clearly communicate unresolved product risks.
• Establish objective metrics for program delivery, test coverage, defect discovery, product quality, and automation maturity.
• Partner with hardware, firmware, DSP, systems, and program teams to investigate failures and drive technical issues to resolution.
• Assess individual and team skill gaps and address them through training, mentoring, peer reviews, and targeted assignments.
• Recruit, interview, and onboard engineers and test leads as organizational needs evolve.

Benefits

• Access to employee discounts on HARMAN and Samsung products (including JBL, Harman / Kardon, AKG, and others)
• Learning and development opportunities through our award-winning HARMAN University programs
• Wellness benefits designed to support your overall well-being
• Tuition reimbursement support
• Access to the HARMAN campus fitness center and cafeteria, where available
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that supports both your professional and personal development

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager