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 role is responsible for Value Management (VM) for regional customer projects and products (SPACEs) inside the SBU Intelligent Cockpit. In this role, you will lead the regional SBU Value Management activities in alignment with CPM, sales, procurement, manufacturing, Engineering and System Design. The main responsibility for the role is to identify these opportunities that results in product cost, feature or function improvements by using the Value Engineering methods, which focus on existing product portfolios (post-award) and new designs (RFQ’s), or improving product margins, while maintaining product integrity and quality.
What You Will Do
- Coordinate and drive Value Management workshops on cost-down activities from RFI/RFQ to Post-SOP for EU customers with interdisciplinary project teams
- Projects reviews for mechanical and hardware opportunities
- (analysis of schematics, HW components, PCB, mechanical design)
- Develop and compile new innovative cost down ideas and check technical feasibility
- Analysis of customer specifications described in RFI/RFQs or customer assignments
- Leading and tracking the EU projects from idea creation to implementation
- Interface to project management, engineering, purchasing, controlling, quality and production within SBUs
- Alignment with Controlling Organizations on baseline definition and on savings data
- Cost Estimation of purchased parts
- Reporting of regional VM achievements to VM Engineering Manager
- Continuous technical & commercial benchmark of electronical key components together with HW experts and procurement
- Analyze competitor solutions from the HW and ME perspective for different product groups esp. Infotainment/Connectivity.
- Ensure lessons learnt for reuse of ideas in new programs globally
What You Need
- Minimum of Bachelor Degree in Engineering (Electrical Engineering, Telecommunications) or appropriate graduation
- Min. 8 years experience as Project Manager / Project Lead HW/ME
- General Knowledge about Automotive ECUs, HW components and their application in the overall system
- Experience interfacing with (internal) customers and explain complex technical issues in English
- Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills.
- Good knowledge of the requirements in the automotive industry
- Structured and results-orientated working style
- Ability of team work
- Fluent in English, both written and spoken
Preferred Qualifications & Desired Competencies:
- Experience as a HW Engineer in the development of analogue and digital circuits and systems would be of advantage.
- Basic or good knowledge of tools for schematic/layout realization and simulation (e.g. Mentor Graphics, SPICE, …) as well as Microsoft applications
- Shows character strength and personal integrity in all situations especially difficult ones.
- Demonstrates strong interpersonal skills and the ability to clearly communicate complex issues regardless of audience.
What Makes You Eligible:
- Willingness to travel 10% of the time.
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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.
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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!
