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Director, Software Engineering

HARMAN International
Novi, MI Full Time
POSTED ON 1/7/2025 CLOSED ON 2/5/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director, Software Engineering position at HARMAN International?

About The Role

You will be responsible for all Software (SW) deliverables related to a Japanese OEM customer program. The person in this role will take on the lead role to ensure that the project is executed and delivered with top-quality and on-time while ensuring the business delivers to or ideally exceeds its committed level of profitability. The person will have a small team of SW Project Lead’s to lead and work with in order to ensure we are implementing SW best practices/process, partnering effectively with the customer groups and managing change and SW release to customers, factories and service.

Your Team

Your team is made up of 5 SW Leaders, Config Managers, Defect Managers etc. The team will be distributed across multiple geographies.

What You Will Do

  • Be 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.
  • 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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