Development Engineer, Systems

Company Description

The Communications Systems Division of Bosch Security Systems is headquartered in Burnsville, Minnesota. For over 90 years, Electro-Voice (a Bosch brand) has designed, engineered, and manufactured professional audio products: loudspeakers, amplifiers, microphones, and digital signal processors. Electro-voice’s products are primarily designed for live sound reinforcement applications such as; stadiums, DJ’s, theaters, concert venues, music festivals, radio stations, houses of worship, etc.

The Electro-Voice engineering facility is one of the best in the industry, including Anechoic chamber, power test room, 10-ton suspension testing, full wood prototyping room, and a model shop. We use state of the art technology and have access to the Bosch centralized supercomputing systems.

Job Description

Are you looking for your an engineering opportunity with an industry leading R&D team? Do you have a passion for product development and music? Check our opportunity in the Minneapolis, MN area where you will be responsible for leading loudspeaker development projects.  

As a Development Engineer, you will: 

• Design and develop Electro-Voice loudspeaker products
• Deliver designed and optimized product solutions following projects from conception to mass production
• Research potential new technologies and materials for: high power transducers, power amplifiers, loudspeaker enclosures, loudspeaker processing, embedded software, loudspeaker suspension systems and arrays
• Model and simulate enclosures, waveguides, driver chassis, suspension systems and other components using SolidWorks, MATLAB, COMSOL and other simulation software
• Design for manufacture optimization with factories and vendors
• Program and debug C/C firmware for audio processing and control embedded products
• Assemble prototype loudspeakers and perform hands on design iteration
• Development of test and design verification for functional and reliability testing including testing of speaker components and complete systems (powered and passive)
• Evaluate loudspeaker system and speaker component performance and reliability, failure modes and root cause failure analysis
• Manage documentation including 3D files and bills of materials
• Verify complete products for conformance to design specifications, operational and safety standards such as CE, UL, Eurocode, EN1991-4, DGUV Rev. 17, ANSI 1.8-2018, ISO 12100:2010(E)
• Work in team environment with Project Managers to maintain schedules and meet product cost and performance targets
• Work with manufacturing to improve quality, maintain production regularity, reduce costs and support sample builds
• Support projects during full life cycle, work with quality and service departments to solve ongoing quality issues should they arise

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Computer or Mechanical Engineering, Physics or equivalent required or commensurate experience will be considered. 
• Minimum of three plus years’ experience designing, modeling, simulating and testing structures or acoustic systems and their components required.
• Knowledge and application of one or more of the following; wood box construction, plastics molding, steel forming and aluminum casting methods.
• Ability to innovate as part of an industry leading R&D team and have a passion for product development of the highest standard.
• Experience designing and testing passive and powered professional loudspeaker systems including rigging, transport, system drive, and amplification is preferred.
• Experience with multi-physics FEA software for acoustics systems (COMSOL, Ansys etc) is preferred.
• Experience with programming MATLAB, Mathcad or similar preferred.
• Experience with 3D CAD – SolidWorks preferred.
• Knowledge of: UL, CE safety standards preferred.
• Must have the ability to communicate effectively, collaborate with the team and work cross-functionally.
• Passion for music is a strongly preferred.
• Must be able to travel up to 25% both domestically and internationally.
• Ability to lift up to 50lbs or more with assistance.

Additional Information

• The salary range for this position is $100,000 - $140,000 annually and is not bonus eligible. Individual pay for this role can fall anywhere within this range and is dependent on numerous factors including but not limited to work experience, applicable education, job knowledge, certifications, role complexity, job geographic location, etc.  In addition to base compensation, Bosch offers a comprehensive total rewards package focusing on overall well-being and benefit offerings being effective Day 1!  These include health, dental, and vision plans; health savings accounts (HSA); flexible spending accounts; 401(K) retirement plan with an employer match; wellness programs; life insurance; short and long term disability insurance; paid time off; parental leave, adoption assistance; and reimbursement of education expenses.
• By choice, we are committed to a diverse workforce - EOE/Protected Veteran/Disabled.
• BOSCH is a proud supporter of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) Initiatives: FIRST Robotics (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and AWIM (A World In Motion)
• Indefinite U.S. work authorized individuals only. Future sponsorship for work authorization is not available.
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