About the Role
Senior Cost & Sustainability Engineer work to achieve the profitability, sustainability and growth goals defined by the leadership strategy through a cross-functional collaborative environment with Procurement, Engineering, Customer Account Management, Manufacturing and Suppliers.
Your Team
This position will report to the Cost & Sustainability Engineering Lead and will be an individual contributor role with no direct or indirect reports.
What You Will Do
Utilize internal and external databases to build cost and life-cycle CO2e assessment models that will establish Design-to-Cost , CO2e reduction targets for components, modules, assemblies designed into HARMAN Automotive products
Drive HARMAN “best practice” cost, design and CO2e reference for the Harman Automotive products to a component level:
Review and analyze cost breakdowns from supplier quotes and understand relevant cost influent factors
Contribute to the technical definition and implementation of electronic system cost and CO2e modeling solutions, including the identification of analytics that enable trend data to be established
Develop close technical relationships with suppliers to identify best cost, design solutions, including emerging technologies that provide cost and CO2e improvements
Work with Engineering & Product Sourcing teams during the new business quoting phase to establish reference cost targets and source board
Active participation during negotiating events with target costing
Identify and drive category strategy activities to meet should cost target and best CO2e solution (based on: new supplier scouting, benchmarking, purchased part relocation – defined category strategy plan including sustainability roadmap) , alignment with cross-functional teams
Develop cost engineering infrastructure
What You Need
Bachelor’s degree in engineering
Minimum 6 years work experience in the following areas:
For E(Mechanical):
Cost engineering of (E)/mechanical components and systems
VA/VE of (E)/mechanical components and systems
Engineering automotive (E)/mechanical components
Automotive procurement
Advanced manufacturing engineering
Experience with factors impacting design for CO2e improvement
Experience with complex components, modules, assemblies
Technical contribution on review the work of other cost engineers
Ability to solve complex technical topics through structure solutions. Must be able to influence others to drive alignment on proposed technical solutions.
Ability to breakdown component costs into the constituent costs
Good presentation skills and demonstrated ability to effectively present complex technical topics
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills who can effectively work with all levels of a global organization
Experience working in a fast paced, highly measured, results focused environment
Experience supporting Procurement in supplier Negotiations
Fluency in English
What is Nice to Have
Master’s degree in engineering
Minimum 2 years work experience in developing costs models for component, modules, assemblies
Experience with automotive electronic systems is highly desirable, including experience selecting and/or recommending automotive grade components
Capability to share knowledge and best practices with teammates
Change Orientation: Able to adapt to changing demands and conditions
Experience in data analytics
What Makes You Eligible
Be willing to travel up to 20%, domestic and international travel
What We Offer
Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work globally for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location
Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)
Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
Competitive wellness benefits
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.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- Minimum 6 years work experience in cost engineering of (E)/mechanical components and systems
- Experience in VA/VE of (E)/mechanical components and systems
- Experience in engineering automotive (E)/mechanical components
- Experience in automotive procurement
- Experience in advanced manufacturing engineering
- Experience with factors impacting design for CO2e improvement
- Experience with complex components, modules, assemblies
- Technical contribution reviewing the work of other cost engineers
- Ability to solve complex technical topics with structured solutions and influence alignment
- Ability to break down component costs into constituent costs
- Good presentation skills to present complex technical topics
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work with all global levels
- Experience supporting Procurement in supplier negotiations
- Experience working in a fast paced, highly measured, results focused environment
- Fluency in English
- Willingness to travel up to 20% (domestic and international)
- Master's degree in engineering
- Minimum 2 years experience developing cost models for components, modules, assemblies
- Experience with automotive electronic systems and selecting/recommending automotive grade components
- Capability to share knowledge and best practices with teammates
- Change orientation: ability to adapt to changing demands and conditions
- Experience in data analytics
Harman Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Harman and has not been reviewed or approved by Harman.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, often including medical, dental, and vision plans, with HSAs/FSAs and disability or life insurance also referenced. Wellbeing support such as EAP access and onsite occupational health services is also part of the package in some regions.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Lifestyle-oriented benefits include employee product discounts and region-specific perks like free fruit deliveries, Cycle to Work schemes, and meal coupons or allowances. Flexible schedules and work-from-home options are also part of the overall offering where roles and projects allow.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is repeatedly characterized as solid or market-aligned for many roles, with salary payments described as consistent and on time. Compensation is also tied to performance in some accounts, reinforcing a perception of basic fairness for a portion of employees.
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What We Do
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things. With leading brands including AKG®, Harman Kardon®, Infinity®, JBL®, Lexicon®, Mark Levinson® and Revel®, HARMAN is admired by audiophiles, musicians and the entertainment venues where they perform around the world. More than 50 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and connected car systems. Our software services power billions of mobile devices and systems that are connected, integrated and secure across all platforms, from work and home to car and mobile. HARMAN has a workforce of approximately 30,000 people across the Americas, Europe, and Asia. In March 2017, HARMAN became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. HARMAN is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer. Minorities, women, veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. HARMAN offers a great work environment, challenging career opportunities, professional training and competitive compensation. Looking for a challenge where your experience is valued? Come see what you can achieve as a leader with HARMAN!
