HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

A Career at HARMAN

As a technology leader that is rapidly on the move, HARMAN is filled with people who are focused on making life better. Innovation, inclusivity and teamwork are a part of our DNA. When you add that to the challenges we take on and solve together, you’ll discover that at HARMAN you can grow, make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

About the Role

In this role as a Leader of ME development of global Connectivity Hardware Engineering Team inside the SBU Connectivity to realize automotive telematics systems. She/he leads groups like Mechanical Product Development or/and Mechanics Engineering & Support of OEM customer projects and coordinates all ME-related tasks acc. the Harman BMS processes, the guidance of Mechanical Development and the collaboration with all teams inside and outside his organization necessary for product development.

She/he also acts as a supervisor Mechanics interface to the customer.

She/he reports to the Supervisor Manager Hardware/Mechanics Engineering & Integration or/and to Director Hardware Delivery.

What You Will Do

Position Summary & Responsibility

Lead of the areas of Mechanics Engineering & Integration, which includes the team members of ME Project Lead, ME Engineering and Integration Support for manufacturing, qualification and certification for the development of Connectivity-BU ECU (Electronic Control Unit) Products in the areas of Telematics, V2X OBU/RSU for assigned customer projects globally.
She/he is owner of mechanical design and BoM and hence absolutely key to the business case and factor to win projects, as well as important to the 5 pillar Transformation goals of SBU

Growth:

• Support the execution and control of the analysis, evaluation and feasibility of customer requirements, special OEM specifications for RFC, RFI, RFQ and CRs and market analysis/benchmarks, BOM estimates and calculation, effort estimation and technical support for risk management.

• Development for high complexity Telematics Control Units (TCU) based on Telematics roadmap, with latest technology & standard and best cost approach of BoM under consideration of Harman BMS Process and Guidelines, Customer requirements and alignment, and Industry standards including:

• Mechanical Concept

• Mechanical BoM & Design

• Design Integration

• Design Verification and Validation

• Global collaboration with other departments as Hardware Engineering, System Integration, Testing & Validation and Manufacturing

• Support of Industrialization, Qualification and Certification

• Support resource, project and budget planning with global view and HCC/BCC rate

Profitability:

• Support the execution and the analysis of cost-down and VAVE activities to achieve ME BOM targets.

• Join customer presentations and negotiations.

Quality & Stability:

• Support in HW/ME Gate-Review for Telematics Projects globally

• Support in deployment and implementation Harman Automotive BMS Design Process

• Support or/and lead in taskforce topic and report to Top Management

• Support in failure analysis and maintenance support

Technology & Innovation:

• Gathering and reporting of new customer features/innovations and support in definition/specification of new product features and technology strategies

Team:

• Formal supervisory responsibilities and technical lead of ME Engineering including ME Project Lead and ME Engineering & Integration with list of

• direct reports:               5-10 (Germany, Romania)

• indirect reports:            >10 depends on projects (global)

• Close collaboration with cross SBU and other Harman Engineering teams

• Recommendation competence in planning and prioritization of the tasks / projects of the team in alignment with supervisor manager

• Planning of further education and training

• Incorporation of new employees

• Execution of special projects on behalf of the disciplinary superior

Project Management

• Perform, support, delegation and/or guidance of:

• Technical and functional lead of ME engineering teams cross regions (EU, APAC, NA) & cross functions (incl. teams & members from other organizations) for development of assigned projects in the field of automotive infotainment

• Collecting, analyzing and preparing all relevant project data for the project status and reporting project status to management level

• Analysis of the customer specification, generation of related work packages (design and verification) and performing design reviews for each development stage

• Technical support for internal and/or external staff in the industrialization of functional items in an international environment (e.g., ODM, EMS suppliers)

• Ensure requirement management with OEM customers, business units and suppliers.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in engineering (Mechanical Engineering or appropriate graduation)

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in the ME development of In-vehicle Infotainment systems, telematics/ connectivity, or other automotive ECUs of similar complexity level

• Practice in project management with more than 5 years’ experience

• Experience in technical leading a team

• Best class knowledge in Mechanics architecture and development

• Know-how and experience in production technology/capability, mechanical integration of Hardware components

• High knowledge of the requirements inside the automotive area

• Structured and target orientated working style as well as proven ability to collaborate within cross‑functional engineering teams

• Ability of teamwork with big internal/external team

• Ability of work under pressure & difficult situation

• High level of creativity combined with solid analytical problem‑solving capabilities

• Effective communication skills across technical and non‑technical stakeholders

• Strong verbal and written English skills

Bonus Points if You Have

• Good negotiation skills

• Experience in requirements management (e.g. DOORS, DNG, ALM) beneficial

What Makes You Eligible

• Availability to work flexibly and on-demand both from the office and remotely.

• Willingness to travel within German & international on demand (around 10-25%)

What We Offer

• HARMAN offers a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities, professional training and competitive market base compensation

• You will also receive top-notch employee discounts on Harman’s Consumer Audio (JBL, AKG, HARMAN Kardon) and Samsung products

• Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global friendly working atmosphere and good work-life-balance

• Attractive salary package

• Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies which also includes extensive technical trainings

• Internal talent management leadership acceleration programs

• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.