Position: Product Developer Location: Northampton, UK Permanent, full-time role Blackstar Amplification’s Products team is excited to be recruiting a new Product Developer. This is an ideal opportunity for a highly capable guitarist with extensive hands-on experience in professional recording, live sound or an equivalent audio engineering environment, who can combine an excellent ear for sound with a structured and technically rigorous approach. The successful candidate will support the development of guitar amplifiers, software and associated products from initial concept, through prototyping and production, to testing and final product sign-off. Apply critical listening and sound-design skills, to bring an objective ear to product development · Use rapid prototyping and modern studio production tools to drive Blackstar sound engineering during product development and ongoing technical research · Work alongside electronics and mechanical design engineers to help to design and prototype new products · Devise, control and carry out pre-release test procedures for hardware and software products · Set up and manage product listening tests · Maintain accurate records of the product development process Experienced guitar player with a passion for guitar tone, audio technology and the music industry · Extensive hands-on experience in a professional recording studio, live sound environment or equivalent audio engineering role · Strong understanding of guitar amplifiers, effects pedals, recording equipment and signal flow · Experience using computer-based recording software and plugins · Independent, self-motivated and able to solve technical problems with minimal supervision · Qualified to degree level or above in an audio or engineering discipline · Knowledge of audio recording techniques and equipment · Basic understanding of software and software-testing principles · An interest in electronics with basic soldering and hardware-maintenance experience · Launched in 2007, Blackstar is globally recognised and respected as an innovator and leader in guitar amplification design. Blackstar is based in Northampton, with over 80 years’ combined experience in guitar amplification design and production. Blackstar products combine outstanding design, technology and performance to create the ultimate tools for self-expression. Our teams are experts in their fields and are incredibly passionate about our products and the industry as a whole. Office hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday, at our Northampton office, with a willingness to work extra hours as and when required to achieve project deliverables to schedule. If you share our passion, approach your work with pride, are driven by innovation and want to help grow our global brand to its highest potential, we would love to hear from you. Please apply with an up-to-date CV and head to our website to fill in an application form. We are looking to hold interviews as soon as possible, with an initial telephone conversation as the first step.
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