RESPONSIBILITIES
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 every day.
What You Will Do
Manage up to 8 audio systems (systems and/or speaker) program teams, requiring both applications and international development engineering.
Define tasks to be performed by cross-functional team in developing systems. Use task list to create a work breakdown structure. Use work breakdown structure to establish program schedule.
Follow corporate product development (or applications) process.
Ensure the compliance of team members.
Ensure prompt decision-making is executed by promoting consensus decisions, intervening when consensus decision-making fails, and making unilateral decisions in the case of a deadlock.
Understand all of the technical detail of the products used in all systems, both electrical and mechanical.
Approve requirements and technical solutions for meeting requirements for all development products.
Establish and manage program budget.
Work with Sales, Supplier Engineering, and Design Engineering to set system cost target. Meet system cost target.
Set team goals for timeliness, customer issues, and quality. Lead team to meet goals.
Interact with all internal functions: design engineering, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, marketing, and sales.
Negotiate resource allocations from functional managers. When a resource conflict occurs, negotiate a solution with functional managers and other program managers.
Serve as lead program interface with customer.
Identify program issues as early as possible and drive resolution at the team level. If resolutions requires management intervention, escalate to appropriate management personnel with proposed alternatives.
Review selected suppliers and quotes, and participate in supplier reviews/selection as appropriate.
Coordinate and oversee ordering of prototype and production tooling.
Audit task completion. Report major deviations from plan to appropriate management.
Provide monthly reports in requested format.
Recommend continuous improvements development process. Complete other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.
What You Need
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field with 5 years overall experience
2+ years related experience to be in program management, sales, quality, design, engineering management, or process engineering
Project management skills
Background in Automotive Electronics and Audio systems preferred