Working Student Designing and integrating a novel approach for ear tracking

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At Harman in Garching this part-time Working Student role invites you to help design and integrate a novel ear tracking approach for in-cabin occupant monitoring, including literature reviews, feasibility checks for automotive use, planning and testing features such as child presence detection and intoxication or drug use monitoring, and evaluating digital testing methods for DMS and OMS using synthetic data and digital scenarios. Ideal candidates are pursuing automotive engineering, robotics or computer science with strong analytical skills, basic knowledge of ROS/C++ or MATLAB/Simulink, basic MS Office, and fluent English, self organized and highly motivated; nice to have background in computer vision and IPG CarMaker/ROS. To apply, tailor your resume to highlight hands-on ADAS or systems engineering projects, emphasize model integration or CV experience, and apply via the Harman careers portal with a concise motivation and a brief plan for the ear-tracking task.

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Location: Garching - Bavaria, Germany - Parking 1-5 Business Campus Job Family: General & Administration Worker Type Reference: Fixed Term (Fixed Term) - Fixed Term Pay Rate Type: Hourly Career Level: U0 Job ID: R-51094-2026 Apply

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Description & Requirements

Your Responsibilities:

• Support on literature studies for new trends connected to in-cabin experience.
  • Feasibility evaluation for the automotive domain
• Support at planning, design, and testing of new features
  • Child presence detection
  • Alcohol intoxication
  • Various drug abuse
• Support on product evaluation activities
  • General testing activities
  • Test report generation
• Evaluation of digital testing methods for DMS and OMS systems
  • Synthetic data
  • Digital scenario generation

 

Your skills / qualifications:

• Motivated candidates, proactive mindset
• Preference for major in automotive engineering, robotics, computer science or related fields
• Profound analytical and mathematical skills
• Basic knowledge and strong interests in one of the following fields: ADAS/AD, systems engineering and simulation
• Basic knowledge of MS Office
• Fluent in English, self-organized

 

Nice to have:

• Background in computer vision

 

Your Tasks:

• Evaluate model based approach for ear estimation from current landmark model
• Integrate said model and set up inter-process communication
• Test approach on different dummies (mannequins) and human test subjects
• Set up audio tuning filters according to head / ear position
• Evaluate possible audio tuning solutions for intermediate ear positions (interpolation, etc.)
• Possible future task extensions
  • Evaluate effort to integrate proper image-based ear tracking (can we add the ears to our current landmark set)
    • What are drawbacks, but what are advantages (considering the whole product -> maybe there is an advantage for driver monitoring; increase robustness of face tracking
  • Integrate previously mentioned approach on occupant monitoring camera (larger FOV)
    • Possibility to extend approach on all occupants

Skills:

• student with major in automotive engineering, robotics, or related fields
• profound analytical and mathematical skills
• basic knowledge and strong interests in one of the following fields: ADAS/AD, systems engineering and simulation
• experience with either ROS/C++ environment or Matlab/Simulink environment
• basic knowledge of MS Office
• fluent in English, self-organized and highly motivated

 

Nice to have:

• background in computer vision
• prior experience with IPG CarMaker, ROS, CARLA 

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