Acoustic Engineering Intern

Introduction: 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 and Revel
• Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development
• Create pitch-perfect, cutting-edge technology that elevates the listening experience

About The Role
Harman Professional is seeking a talented, highly motivated and dynamic future acoustics engineer to join our product development team. Assignments are broad in nature, requiring appreciable initiative, originality, ingenuity, and strong problem-solving skills. You will be actively helping review designs, update test methods, and document activities.

What You Will Do

• Work experience may include transducer or loudspeaker system design, acoustic measurement and testing, and/or project engineering
• Loudspeaker design reviews, acoustic measurements, data analysis, product assembly and tear down, reporting
• Lab organization, equipment setup, calibration, data collection, analysis reporting
• Get trained by the JBL engineering team on state-of-the-art acoustic measurement techniques applied to loudspeakers.
• Participates in process improvement activities as approved and directed by supervisor.
• Operate as a multidisciplinary member of the team of creative, independent individuals
• Academic project allowed upon manager approval

What You Need To Be Successful

• Must be currently enrolled in a Bachelor's (or Master's) Degree program at an accredited institution having completed your Sophomore year or later
• Must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA
• 3+ months of applied engineering experience (internship, laboratory, and personal/team project experience is applicable)
• Must have taken courses in Acoustics, Physics, or Electrical Engineering
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills and be able to confidently interact and present information to senior leaders and executives
• Must work collaboratively with strong interpersonal and relationship building skills

Bonus Points if You Have

• Experience in audio technologies, professional audio systems, speech/voice/music processing
• Understanding of professional audio testing and equipment
• Applied physics, acoustics and FEA modeling background
• A love of music

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to work in an office in Northridge, CA
• Must provide own housing and transportation to/from work
• Must possess unrestricted work authorization
• Must provide full work availability from Feb, 2025 through June, 2025 and be able to work 40 hours per week depending on workload
• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment

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