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
We are looking for a Process Owner in Connectivity team where you will oversee the quality of software components according to automotive standards. Telematics exposes the internal car ecosystem to the Internet: the car becomes an element of the Internet of Things (IoT), offering a new level of access to car’s functionalities and a platform to build additional features in areas such as safety, security, comfort. You will work with concepts like Telematics, 5G and V2X (vehicle-to-everything).
What You Will Do
- Analyze and assess customer specifications; develop components based on this information.
- Take care about communication with customer on his domain
- Plan the features and tickets according with project milestones; creates tasks for the planned features according with Agile methodology
- Take care about communication between team members and project management
- The quality of software components is according with standards specified in BMS
- Create reports for project, local management and customer
- Define project specific strategy aligned with the standard process for the process in responsibility
- Identify project specific constraints regarding the corresponding process and document them within project manual. This includes ensuring all project specific process objectives are fulfilled, e.g. customer standards, etc.
- Document tailoring of the standard process according to tailoring guidelines, addressing the project constraints e.g. tailoring of activities, work products, tools, roles and responsibilities
- Document project specific process infrastructure and human resource needs within project manual
- Provide needed guidelines to support the project specific process
- Identify and schedule process specific milestones within the project milestone schedule
- Define and establish communication plan required to support the process
- Define project specific process KPIs and target values
- Identify process training needs, organize, schedule and track required process trainings for the project team
- Ensure relevant process work products are tracked within Maturity Gate Task List (MGTL)
- Monitor and report process KPIs to project management
- Identify process improvement needs and improve the project specific process
- Provide improvement proposals for standard process to global engineering process group in the context of continuous improvement
What You Need
- At least 5+ years of experience as process owner or process expert.
- Working knowledge of software development processes.
- Good English skills in spoken and written English.
- Experience in working with (external) customers/OEMs
- Self-driven, autonomous and systematic way of working and able to help other achieve this
- Knowledge in agile software development methods (e.g. V-Model, ASPICE, etc.)
- Knowledge of agile methods and frameworks (SAFe) is an advantage.
What is Nice to Have
- Automotive experience.
- Atlassian tools (Confluence, Jira, Stash)
What we offer
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- Work in international teams with the world’s largest automotive manufacturers
- Use HARMAN Flex – chose the right working model fitting their job (WfH, Hybrid or Office)
- Access career development opportunities and get both on the job training on high-end automotive projects, as well as extensive technical trainings
- Access HARMAN Webshop with large employee discounts for audio products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG)
- Are encouraged to a healthy work/life balance with a progressive holiday plan based on total work experience, 2 sick days, 3 days off compensation for weekend legal holidays and flextime
- And of course, enjoy meal tickets, a premium medical subscription, fitness discounts and other corporate perks
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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.
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!
