Principal Systems Engineer

About the Role

Harman Pro is seeking a Principal Systems Engineer with a minimum of 8 years of experience in systems architecture, embedded design, and full lifecycle product development for professional Audio, Video, and Control products. This role requires deep technical expertise in requirements engineering, cross-domain coordination, including hardware, firmware, software, and networked protocols. The engineer will lead architecture definition, interface design, and system validation while collaborating with product management to translate market requirements into scalable, high-performance solutions.

Responsibilities include technical project leadership—covering estimation, scheduling, risk management, and resource planning—as well as coordination with internal engineering teams and third-party partners to ensure timely delivery of robust, production-ready systems. A strong foundation in real-time systems, signal processing, and AV interoperability standards is essential, along with excellent communication and stakeholder alignment skills.

This position reports to the Director of Systems Engineering, Electronics. This is an individual contributor position and has no direct reports.

• Develop system requirements, architecture, and design for audio, video, and control products in the professional A/V market.

• Maintain a deep understanding of current and emerging technologies and industry best practices.

• Participate in product development from inception to mass production.

• Coordinate work between all functional teams to ensure timely delivery of products to the market.

• Participate in the planning and execution of a long-term roadmap for Harman Pro's product lines.

• Participate in research projects for proof-of-concept implementation of new technologies and ideas.

• Drive innovation and technology adoption within engineering.

• Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the engineering teams to support strategic objectives.

• Mentor junior engineers to develop a high-performing engineering team.

• Collaborate with product and project managers to align project objectives with business objectives.

• Collaborate across functional teams to lead design and architecture decisions for projects.

• Identify and mitigate potential project risks and challenges.

• Ensure timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet or exceed customer expectations.

• Collaborate effectively with 3rd party vendors and partners.

• BS in engineering or related field.

• 8+ years of relevant engineering experience on embedded platforms and products.

• 3+ years of experience leading engineering team(s) as project technical lead or manager.

• Experience in a wide range of embedded product development from small microprocessors to large multi-core processors.

• Quickly assess situations, identify root causes, and determine required resources to effectively resolve.

• Knowledge of networking technologies.

• Experience with requirements management and traceability.

• Experience in task break-down, estimation and resource scheduling.

• Proven experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams in a global environment.

• Strong technical expertise in embedded systems, real-time operating systems (RTOS), and relevant development technologies.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical associates.

• Ability to oversee, status and guide multiple simultaneous project teams.

• Ability to lead a project team and drive to on-time product release.

• Ability and desire to both manage and motivate a team and contribute as an individual to achieve product development goals.

• Experience with Jama Connect or other requirements tracking software.

• Ability to build relationships, influence and motivate internal and external stakeholders across multiple countries.

• Passion for driving technology growth and innovation.

Cisco CCNA (CCNP or higher preferred)

• In-depth understanding and practical knowledge of networking systems such as LAN, WAN, firewalls, routers, and switches.

• Comprehensive…