Harman International

Perceptual Audio Engineer (Research)

Northridge - California, USA · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$134k-$197kDetected 30 days ago

PythonMATLABAlgorithmsMachine LearningData AnalysisStatisticsBusiness DevelopmentSupply ChainHRSignal ProcessingResearchLeadershipCollaboration

About the role

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.
Perception-to-Product Gatekeeping: Define acceptance criteria and regression tests so OneUX productization can enforce "no perceptual regressions" in CI-style workflows.

Responsibilities

Metrics & Methods Development: Create perceptual metrics and evaluation methodologies that correlate with human preference and quality judgments (timbre, artifacts, clarity, spatial realism, comfort/fatigue).
User Testing & Listening Studies: Design and execute subjective evaluations (ABX, preference tests, rating studies), including stimulus generation, panel guidance, statistical analysis, and repeatability.
AI/ML-Enabled Evaluation: Where beneficial, develop ML-based quality prediction or artifact detection that supports rapid iteration (embedded-viable where relevant
AI/ML-Enabled Evaluation: Where beneficial, develop ML-based quality prediction or artifact detection that supports rapid iteration (embedded-viable where relevant; cloud-viable for batch evaluation).
Data & Experiment Discipline: Build and maintain clean datasets, labeling strategies, metadata, and experiment tracking so results are trustworthy and reusable.
Experience in using and developing perceptual models.
Create perceptual metrics and evaluation methodologies that correlate with human preference and quality judgments (timbre, artifacts, clarity, spatial realism, comfort/fatigue).
Design and execute subjective evaluations (ABX, preference tests, rating studies), including stimulus generation, panel guidance, statistical analysis, and repeatability.
Build and maintain clean datasets, labeling strategies, metadata, and experiment tracking so results are trustworthy and reusable.
With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson ® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world.

Requirements

At HARMAN Corporate, you are integral to our company's award-winning success.
Perception + Statistics: Strong understanding of psychoacoustics and statistical analysis for human-subject experiments.

Skills

Use AI tools to accelerate analysis and reporting while maintaining rigorous validation and traceability.
Experience using AI-assisted tools for data analysis, scripting, and documentation in a reproducible workflow.
Experience creating objective metrics that become organizational standards and materially change decision-making speed/quality.
Familiarity with embedded deployment constraints for ML-based metrics.
Patents/publications in perceptual audio or audio quality evaluation.
Python and/or MATLAB for analysis and tooling; familiarity working with ML frameworks and basic DSP concepts.

Compensation

HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia.
HARMAN offers a great work environment, brilliant career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation.

Benefits

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.

Equal opportunity

$ 134,250 - $ 196,900 HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.
HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer.
Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer.

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