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.

Your Team

There will be no direct reports, but leading interdisciplinary project teams.

What You Will Do

Coordinate and drive Value Management workshops on cost-down activities from RFI/RFQ to Post-SOP for US customers with interdisciplinary project teamsProjects 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 feasibilityAnalysis of customer specifications described in RFI/RFQs or customer assignmentsLeading and tracking the APAC projects from idea creation to implementationInterface to project management, engineering, purchasing, controlling, quality and production within SBUsAlignment with Controlling Organizations on baseline definition and on savings dataCost Estimation of purchased partsReporting of regional VM achievements to VM Engineering ManagerContinuous technical & commercial benchmark of electronical key components together with HW experts and procurementAnalyze 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 graduationMin. 8 years experience as Project Manager / Project Lead HW/MEGeneral Knowledge about Automotive ECUs, HW components and their application in the overall systemExperience interfacing with (internal) customers and explain complex technical issues in EnglishDemonstrates strong problem-solving skills.Good knowledge of the requirements in the automotive industryStructured and results-orientated working styleAbility of team workFluent 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 applicationsShows 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.

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.