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 position is within HARMAN’s Automotive Engineering department, the primary responsibility is to define / align / clarify requirements from a technical perspective. The position will be the bridge between the customer and internal engineering teams. Also, the position will provide hardware and software applications support of audio systems and drive solutions for improving vehicle system-level interactions.

The Engineering team is looking for the ultimate team player that thinks positive, loves customers, and can manage projects independently. The successful candidate will be highly flexible in finding solutions for our customer’s needs and will have a demonstrated track record of success with audio systems engineering and customer facing interaction.

What You Will Do

Represent Harman design engineering in customer requirement discussions

Participate customer meetings and discussions related to technical and design decisions

Influence technical direction for customer requirements

Clarify between Harman and Customer on technical discussions

Inform internal engineering teams on engineering details and expectations from customer side

Provide clear guidance and context to internal engineering teams and ensure tasks are understood and executed effectively

Responsible / support deviation discussions from a technical standpoint

Support requirement evaluation and offer states assignment

Coordinate internal engineering teams to drive problem-solving solutions to customer for system-level issues

What You Need

At least 10 years of Engineering experience.

Design Engineering experience in Hardware or/and Software around SoC, MCU, and DSP, using electronic communication busses such as A2B, CAN, AVB, I2C, etc

Willing to work with global team, good communicator to customer and internal teams.

Ability to create Structured Problem-Solving documents (8-D, 5- PHASE, Fault Tree Analysis, Fish Bone Analysis, Is/Is Not).

Ability to work autonomously and operate with limited guidance/supervision.

Fluent communication in Japanese and English

What is Nice to Have

Design experience in automotive electronics.

Experience working at an automotive Tier 1.

Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.

Experience in Audio Amplifier design.

Participation in or having led product launches

What We Offer

Flexible work environmentAccess to employee discounts on world-class Harman products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN UniversityCompetitive wellness benefits“Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards programAn 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.