Director - Head of HW Delivery/Engineering (m/f/d)

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

Lead the HW development domain’s contributions to all projects worldwide and maintain staffing to support new development and maintenance.
 

Your Team

Your team is made up of ~40 Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Europe region).

What You Will Do

• Staff and maintain hardware & Mechanic domain teams to support projects & Products worldwide.
• Responsible for the strategic resource balancing of the hardware teams within the Projects
• Responsible for department Budget & Business Case plan which are relevant.
• Manage and staff for the long-term support for Projects & Products
• Drive innovation, new technology and patent creation across all Project teams
• Drive HARMAN’s technical process and procedures, ensuring they are industry leading.
• Responsible for career growth and technical skills enhancements for all staff.
• Responsible for adherence to all HARMAN development processes to deliver the projects, on-time, on-quality, and within budget.
• Responsible for RFQ/RFI HW/ME design and BoM, support customer meetings & presentation for technical context.
• Share experts expertise with HW/ME Eng. Team in Asia & NA and other SBUs.

What You Need

• Bachelor's Degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering
• 15 + years of overall engineering leadership experience
• 10+ years leading Electrical or Mechanical Development teams
• Experience of hands-on activities of the HW/ ME Domain activities on multiple projects
• Organizational skills to work on multiple initiatives with tight deadlines effectively
• A passion for people management to empower and develop a distributed team.
• Extensive experience in working with stakeholders to create hiring strategies to develop quality teams
• Proven success working closely with Product Management, contributing to the product strategy and helping to successfully deliver on the product roadmap

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 25% domestic and international travel
• Availability to work flexibly and on-demand both from the office and remotely
• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment

What We Offer

• 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

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.