Director of Software and Hardware Engineering - Automotive Domain

Director, Engineering SW/HW (Automotive Domain)

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

You will manage a SW Leadership team assembles and leads the software team as primary customer contact for software function and timing. Sets team up for success in following process, managing change and SW release to customers, factories and service.

Your Team

Your team is made up of 5-20 SW Leaders, Config Managers, Defect Managers incl. Management layers where applicable (depending on region and Project needs).

Your team is in charge for either a Region (in case of smaller regions), or for one OEM or multiple OEMs (depending on overall count of projects)

What You Will Do

• Responsible to deliver SW for Customer programs in high quality, in time and in cost.

• Ensure high level of collaboration and transparency between the various entities involved with project execution, including but not limited to the CG, SW/HW domain and Test.

• Own and monitor the project metrics and ensure they stay healthy. Risks are identified earlier, and mitigation actions are initiated in a timely and effective manner.

• Staff and manage a team of SW Leaders, Config Managers, Defect Managers focused on the overall SW Delivery for all projects in scope of your area of responsibility.

• Oversee the activities within the various programs that they are responsible for and provide their team with the necessary guidance and support required to be successful.
  
• Ensure that the SW Leadership team
  - Development & release to HARMAN and customer requirements
  - Develops and executes project SW plan to adhere to process
  - Release design to factory / Effective change management
  - Software technical tradeoffs (Cost, performance, DfM, timing)
  
• Work together with Biz-Analysts (from the regional Support offices) to identify and prioritize improvement areas in the different projects to optimize engineering costs and use synergies between projects of same OEM or region.

• Responsible for career growth and technical skills enhancements for all SW Leaders in your team.

What You Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering.
• 15+ years of overall professional experience in development and delivery
• 10+ years of Experience in automotive project development.
• 5+ years in leading multi-national teams/resources
• Proven expertise in developing complex systems from architecture to implementation
• Proven ability to lead, mentor and grow diverse teams

What is Nice to Have

• Master's Degree in Engineering, MBA

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 30% domestic and international travel
• Be willing to work in an office in North America/Europe/APAC, depending on regional responsibilities.

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
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

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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.

Experience Level

Executive Level