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
This position would lead speaker development for VM team. The position could be managing several projects simultaneously. The position performs a variety of tasks including requirements documented, cost estimation, Cross functional teams communication like manufactory, purchasing, engineering, validation and customer team.
What You Will Do
Lead team including Transducer Design Lead, Mechanical Design Lead, Validation Engineer, Product Sourcing and Development Quality to study potential cost saving opportunity.Act as a core team member with Customer Program Manager, Sales, Customer Quality and Industrialization Project Manager to get the cost saving project approved by customer team.Work with Transduce engineer to coordinate change verification plan.Responsible on transducer technical tradeoffs (cost, performance, DFM, timing).Foster positive environment to create high-achieving team: treat all members with respect, encourage constructive dissent, re-focus team members when they get off-track, give positive feedback whenever it is appropriate, maintain a positive attitude, and reallocate resources in order to meet team commitments.Define tasks to be performed by cross-functional team in developing systems. Use task list to create a work breakdown structure. Use work breakdown structure to establish program schedule. Establish program budget and manage program budget.Ensure prompt decision-making executed by promoting consensus decisions, intervening when consensus decision-making fails, and making unilateral decisions in the case of a deadlock. Understand all of the technical details of the products used in all systems, both acoustic and mechanical.Negotiate resource allocations from functional managers. When a resource conflict occurs, negotiate a solution with functional managers and other program managers; serve as lead program interface with sales.Identify program issues as early as possible and drive resolution at the team level. If resolutions require management intervention, escalate to appropriate management personnel with proposed alternatives.
What You Need
Bachelor's degree or equivalent. Major preferably in engineering like Mechanical and Electronic Engineering related.Minimum 5 years Project Management experience managing projects throughout product development lifecycle.Minimum 8 years related experience in relevant product development disciplines (e.g. Engineering, Technical Management, Quality, Manufacturing, etc.)PMP certification preferred.
What is Nice to Have
MBA degree is preferred.Automotive experience is preferred.Team management experience is preferred.Oversea working experience is preferred.
What We Offer
Flexible work environmentAccess to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN UniversityCompetitive wellness benefitsAccess to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and CafeteriaAn inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
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.