Engineering Manager

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

As an Engineering Manager and Japan customer interface, you will coordinate and support in Delivery Management of Harman Engineering Services to various JOEM. Responsibilities also include support for daily delivery management (Enable Project status tracking, Weekly monthly and QBR discussions internally and with customer), customer relationship building, business farming. This position should ensure, that the JOEM processes and Lessons Learned will be introduced and established in the JOEM programs handled.

Your Team

While there are no immediate direct reports at Onsite, however the expectations from the role would be to build direct reporting onsite/nearshore team to enable close interactions with customer.
What You Will Do

• Lead Engineering Projects - Manage and oversee engineering projects from conception to completion, ensuring they meet technical specifications and quality standards.
• Team Management – Build and Supervise a team of engineers, providing guidance, support, and mentorship to ensure optimal performance and professional growth.
• Technical Oversight - Ensure the application of technical due process, manage technical risks, and implement abatement management processes.
• Project Planning and Scheduling - Develop, plan, and schedule engineering activities, ensuring timely and efficient project delivery execution.
• Resource Management - Allocate and manage resources effectively to meet project goals and objectives.
• Innovation and Improvement - Drive innovation and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance engineering processes and outcomes.
• Stakeholder Communication - Maintain clear and effective communication with stakeholders, including suppliers, clients, and internal teams.
• Budget Management - Oversee project budgets, ensuring cost-effective use of resources and adherence to financial constraints.
• Compliance and Safety- Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, and safety protocols.

What You Need

• Must have 12+ years of Software relevant fields, especially in Automotive and Telematics, be familiar with either of Connectivity, Cloud, ADAS, Android, Linux.
• Must have Fluent Japanese and English-speaking skills with Prior experience on direct customer handling in Japan preferably in Automotive service domain.
• Good understanding on business development for Automotive OEMs, customer relationship building, proactive driving and coordinating with customers to fetch new opportunities.
• Guide implementation teams during SW development and conduct occasional code reviews
• Innovation Mindset - Ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement within the engineering team.
• Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent experience

Good to Have

• Hands on experience on root cause analysis of tricky defects, support in Design review and guidance of selected features that can be distributed over several processes, VMs or even ECUs.
• Regulatory Knowledge - Familiarity with Automotive industry standards, regulations, and safety protocols.

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 20%, domestic only OR domestic and international travel

What We Offer

• We offer an authentic diverse, equal, and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development in a truly global organization.
• You will work on products and services that touch people’s lives and will change the industrial standards, being a part of the transformations in our industry.
• Our work environments are fast paced, challenging, empowering, collaborative, flexible and exciting.
• We offer our own HARMAN University with regular updates on the new technologies and trends by utilizing various sessions organized by Self Learning and Development Trainings to help grow and advance talent.
• We offer competitive compensation/benefit programs and recognition programs.

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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.