Acoustic Engineer/Designer

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You enjoy creating and innovating. You never stop striving for better. You take responsibility and you get results. You love being part of a team. Above all, you want your work to matter: Welcome to our world! At Sonova we create sense by bringing sound to life. Our innovative hearing solutions help millions of people enjoy life’s unforgettable moments.

We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.

If you want the freedom to explore, opportunities to grow, and make positive change on people lives through your work, this is the place for you.

Join Sonova. Create sense.

Wedemark, Germany

Acoustic Engineer/Designer

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Are you passionate about creating top-tier audio experiences? Join our dedicated team at Sennheiser, where we focus on developing core products with a blend of hands-on experience and exceptional sensory capabilities. This position requires a combination of mechanical, acoustic, and audio quality expertise.

As an Acoustic Engineer, you will be at the forefront of designing and building new headphone models from scratch, as well as modifying existing products. Your role will involve assessing sound quality, rapid prototyping (including 3D printing, gluing, and cutting), and defining design guidelines. You will focus on bringing products to market, balancing research interests with practical application.

Responsibilities

• Define, build and characterize physical prototypes of acoustic systems for premium quality Sennheiser headphones. Integrate electro-acoustic components and acoustic requirements, considering system design and manufacturability.
• Investigate and develop acoustic system design concepts to achieve product performance requirements. Conduct acoustic measurements of components, subsystems and full assemblies and perform thorough analysis of results.
• Directly collaborate with DSP, control, electrical, and mechanical engineers to tune and optimize system performance.
• Support prototype and production system builds both on-location at the factory and remotely. Collaborate with partners to develop and validate manufacturing assembly procedures to meet product performance requirements.
• Conduct technological feasibility studies and continuous market research on new technologies and competition.
• Utilize simulation tools like Matlab/Simulink, SPICE, and/or FEA to predict and optimize acoustic system behavior.

Your Profile

• 3+ years of product development experience in audio equipment, specifically in acoustics, within a pro audio or consumer audio company.
• Technical Degree or equivalent experience.
• In-depth knowledge of acoustics, relevant electrical components, and analog electronics, experience in tuning of audio products.
• Practical knowledge of headphone acoustical structures and enclosure/port design.
• Proficiency in using and selecting acoustical test equipment (e.g., GRAS, B&K, Audio Precision, Listen Inc.).
• Ability to specify requirements for acoustical components, including drivers, microphones, and acoustic meshes.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• Knowledge of noise cancelling technologies, experience with digital signal processing and familiarity with acoustic simulation tools and methods will be a plus.

Our Offer

We can offer you a new challenge, with interesting tasks and much more – including an open corporate culture, flat hierarchies, support for further training and development, opportunities to take on responsibility, attractive employment conditions, and flexible working time models in various roles. Our employees can benefit from 30 days of vacation per year, vacation pay, discounted Germany ticket, company pension scheme and more.

Weronika Świderska, Talent Acquisition Manager, is looking forward to receiving your complete application (cover letter, CV, references and certificates) via our online job application platform.

For this vacancy only direct applications will be considered. #LI-NB1

Sonova Consumer Hearing GmbH

Am Labor 1, 30900

Wedemark, DE

The Sennheiser Brand

The Sennheiser brand stands for premium quality in the field of audio products.
At Sonova Consumer Hearing, we develop and offer consumer devices such as headphones, soundbars and speech-enhanced hearables under the brand license of Sennheiser.

The business is headquartered in Wedemark, Germany, and has approximately 650 employees worldwide. To continue to be among the best in the industry, we are always on the lookout for outstanding talent.