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Senior Acoustic Engineer

We are currently looking for a Senior Acoustic Engineer to join our outstanding Acoustic team.

Linn is a Scottish company who make the world’s best music systems. At Linn, everyone makes a difference so we’re committed to finding the best talent around.
We’ve found that once people join Linn, they stick around. That’s because we’re passionate about developing our staff, and providing opportunities for everyone to learn and grow.

We’re looking for a full-time experienced Senior Acoustic Engineer to join us in our Glasgow facility. Working in the Acoustic design team with close interaction with both manufacturing and all other groups in our research and development facility, your primary responsibility will be loudspeaker drive unit design and manufacture. Other responsibilities may include the development of high performance integrated loudspeakers from concept, through prototyping and into manufacture, room acoustics design and simulation.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following:

Essential skills:

• Degree level in acoustic or audio engineering, or Physics or other engineering degree with specialism in acoustics/audio.
• 3-5 years minimum experience in loudspeaker design and manufacture including both manual and semi-automated drive unit assembly.
• Experience in electroacoustic modelling and simulation.
• Experience with CAD packages.
• Excellent teamwork in a dynamic project environment.
• Experience with acoustic system specification, design and measurement.
• Experience of loudspeaker system design and construction.

Desirable skills:

• Knowledge of manufacturing processes, including adhesives
• Experience with acoustic measurement systems.
• Familiarity with digital signal processing.
• Familiarity with electronic design.
• Experience with Matlab programming.

Desired Characteristics:

• Self-motivated, passionate about audio and music and have a genuine interest in loudspeaker design. The job holder will have a thorough knowledge of transducer design principles and practices gained from both a good academic foundation and via practical application and experience.
• A creative and innovative thinker with a proven track record in transforming concepts into realistic products which meet or exceed specified requirements.
• Ability to meet project deadlines through planning and organisational skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experienced in mentoring or development of staff to enhance both the individual and the organisation.

If you like the sound of this and think you might fit the bill, please get in touch at recruitment@linn.co.uk.

No agencies thanks!

Graduate Acoustic Engineer

We are currently looking for a Graduate Acoustic Engineer to join our outstanding Acoustic team.

Linn is a Scottish company who make the world’s best music systems. At Linn, everyone makes a difference so we’re committed to finding the best talent around.
We’ve found that once people join Linn, they stick around. That’s because we’re passionate about developing our staff, and providing opportunities for everyone to learn and grow.

We’re looking for a full-time Graduate Acoustic Engineer to join us in our Glasgow facility. Working in the Acoustic design team your primary responsibility will be to develop high performance loudspeakers from concept, through prototyping and into manufacture. Duties may also include loudspeaker drive unit design and manufacture, room acoustics design and simulation.

The ideal candidate will have experience in the following:

Essential skills:

• Degree level in acoustic or audio engineering, or Physics or other engineering degree with specialism in acoustics/audio.
• Experience of loudspeaker design and construction (including DIY).

Desirable skills:

• Experience in electroacoustic modelling and simulation.
• Experience with acoustic measurement systems.
• Experience with CAD packages.
• Familiarity with digital signal processing.
• Familiarity with electronic design.
• Experience with Matlab programming.
• Keen interest in audio systems.
• Background in music.

If you like the sound of this and think you might fit the bill, please get in touch at recruitment@linn.co.uk.

No agencies thanks!

Senior Software Engineer

We are currently looking for an experienced Senior Software Engineer to join our outstanding software team.

Linn is a Scottish company who make the world’s best music systems. At Linn, everyone makes a difference so we’re committed to finding the best talent around.
We’ve found that once people join Linn, they stick around. That’s because we’re passionate about developing our staff, and providing opportunities for everyone to learn and grow.

We’re looking for an innovative, motivated Senior Software Engineer to join the team responsible for our streaming platform. This is a full-time position in our office on the outskirts of Glasgow.

We develop and maintain all code used on our DS (Digital Streamer) range. This ranges from device drivers and codecs to network protocols and on-board UI.

We’re a small, fast-paced team so every engineer gets to make a big difference and sees their code in shipping products, used by a highly engaged user-base.

As Senior Software Engineer your responsibilities will include:

• Design, build and test software for our Digital Streamer range
• Provide technical leadership
• Contribute to our continuous improvement process
• Mentor our less experienced engineers

Skills and Requirements:

• Strong C++ developer with experience in C++11 and STL
• Excellent OO design and software architecture skills
• Developing for real-time, embedded software applications
• Multi-threading and concurrency experience
• Experience in mentoring other engineers

Desirable:

• Experience in working with audio streaming
• Interest in music
• Working knowledge of python
• Build systems and automated testing
• Agile development methodologies
• Cross-platform development experience
• Linux user experience

Full-Stack Developer

We’re currently looking for a Full-Stack Developer to join our ambitious development team, writing software to support our customers, our products and our factory.

You should have at least a year’s experience building appealing and robust web applications. Any experience with C#, JavaScript (using React) or SQL would be handy, as these form the core of our software stack.

We’re enthusiastic adopters of tools and techniques that help us deliver better software: we’re advocates of agile development; we practice continuous integration and delivery; our applications are built, tested and hosted in the cloud (AWS).

Ours is a collaborative team where everyone can contribute to our architecture, tools and practices.

We’d like it if you were already familiar with the tools and languages we use, but your general development skills and practices are more important.

You should be able to show us that you’re in the habit of writing tests; that you work hard to get your application architecture right; and that you’re conversant with design patterns and use them to solve problems. What matters most is that you have passion for writing great software.

If this sounds like the role for you then please send your covering letter and CV to recruitment@linn.co.uk.

No agencies thanks!

Electronics Design Engineer

We are seeking an experienced Electronics Design Engineer to join our busy design team in Eaglesham near Glasgow.

Linn Products design engineer, and manufacture the best music systems in the world and has been based here in Glasgow for over 40 years. At Linn, everyone makes a difference so we’re committed to finding the best talent around. We’ve found that once people join Linn, they stick around. That’s because we’re passionate about developing our staff, and providing opportunities for everyone to learn and grow.

Working as a part of a multidisciplinary Research and Development team the Electronics Design Engineer will be responsible for the design and development of world class audio products.

With a passion for audio, a flair for innovative design, and the desire to push the boundaries of audio performance, you will have at significant relevant industrial experience, as you will be expected to lead technology roadmaps and mentor junior engineers.

As Electronics Design Engineer you will be confident in both analog and digital design, specifically:

• Op-amp circuits and filters
• A-D and D-A conversion
• Embedded processors
• FPGAs & VHDL

Ideally you will have a good working knowledge of some or all of the following:

• DSP techniques and algorithms
• Switched-mode power supply design
• Design for EMC and safety compliance
• PCB layout

Experience of the following tools would also be advantageous:

• Altium Designer
• Xilinx FPGA design tools
• Matlab

To apply for this role please send your CV along with a covering letter detailing your experience to recruitment@linn.co.uk as soon as possible.

Mobile Developer

Linn Products design and make the best music systems in the world and has been based here in Glasgow for over 40 years. At Linn, everyone makes a difference so we’re committed to finding the best talent around. We’ve found that once people join Linn, they stick around. That’s because we’re passionate about developing our staff, and providing opportunities for everyone to learn and grow.

We are currently looking for an experienced Mobile Developer to join our outstanding software team.

We are a precision engineering company specialising in the design and manufacture of high end music systems. Our customers expect the very best when it comes to interacting and controlling their music system and they trust us to deliver. Increasingly, they are controlling their music systems using a mobile device – this is where you come in.

We are building our next generation of music systems and are seeking world-class software developers to help us create a brand new, market leading, UI to control them.

You will be joining a small but highly effective team, our core language is C#. We advocate agile practices; we practice continuous integration and we love adopting new tools and techniques to improve the quality of our software. We currently use Pivotal Tracker, GitHub, Xamarin, NUnit, MVVMCross, AppVeyor and Bitrise, however we expect our tools to change over time and we want you to tell us if we can do it better.

We are looking for someone who reads blogs and experiments with new technology. You don’t have to have used all the tools we use but we expect you to understand how things work. Most importantly, we expect you to demonstrate a passion for writing great software.

Ideally you will have good working knowledge of some, or all, of the following:

• GitHub
• Xamarin iOS/Xamarin Android
• NUnit
• MVVMCross
• Newtonsoft.NET
• CocoaTouch SDK/Android SDK

You should have solid skills in:

• Problem solving
• Object orientated design
• HTTP API design and Websockets
• Unit testing and UI testing
• Written and verbal communication

To apply for this role, please send your CV, along with a covering letter to recruitment@linn.co.uk

No agencies please.

Software Engineer

Linn design, engineer, and manufacture the world's finest music systems in Glasgow, Scotland.

We’re looking for a smart, motivated developer to join the team responsible for our streaming platform. This is a full-time position in our office on the outskirts of Glasgow.

We develop and maintain all code used on our DS (Digital Streamer) range. This ranges from device drivers and codecs to network protocols (HTTP, UPnP, many others), to on-board UI. The vast majority of work is in C++. This role will initially be focused on the network protocols layer but there is scope to evolve the role to suit the right candidate. Almost all code is cross-platform so most development will be on a desktop platform of your choice.

We’re a small team so every engineer gets to make a big difference and sees their code in shipping products, used by a highly engaged user-base.

Skills and Requirements:

• Strong C++ programmer
• Experience both using and implementing networking protocols

Any of the following would be a bonus:

• User-level experience with streaming audio
• Interest in music
• Experience in or understanding of real-time systems
• Experience in agile methodologies
• Interest in evolving C++ standards (C++11, 14, 17, etc.)
• Interest in open source and/or experience with open source projects

Please send your CV and covering letter to recruitment@linn.co.uk or call 0141 303 5072 for more information.

Head of Sales – West Coast USA

Linn Products design and make the best music systems in the world and has been based here in Glasgow for over 40 years. At Linn, everyone makes a difference so we’re committed to finding the best talent around. We’ve found that once people join Linn, they stick around. That’s because we’re passionate about developing our staff, and providing opportunities for everyone to learn and grow.

Linn has been present in North America for nearly 40 years but in recent years has operated through distributors and sales agents. With a view to long term sustainable sales growth we now plan to serve the market directly.

The Head of Sales will be responsible for managing around 20 key accounts, supported by a Brand Ambassador (events manager) and Trainer. The successful candidate will be tasked with rolling out Linn’s Growth Partnership agreement which focuses on working in partnership with our retailers through the pillars of information sharing, planning and pipeline management. You will create detailed business plans with quarterly sales objectives and supporting activity such as partner events, product events for customer acquisition and staff training and development. You will also be tasked with growing our network of retailers, assessing opportunities against fit with our strategic objectives and target customer groups.

The role will be based in Glasgow but will involve significant travel over extended periods of time.

It is essential that the successful candidate has experience of the North American market, has worked with independent businesses and can demonstrate that they have a commercial approach to sales with the ability to balance sales growth with profitability.

This is a senior appointment within the Linn Global Sales Team and offers an opportunity to grow the team in the coming 18-24 months as well as expanding our business into new channels.

To apply for this role, please send your CV, along with a covering letter to recruitment@linn.co.uk

No agencies, thanks.