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.
A Career at HARMAN Lifestyle
We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. As a member of HARMAN Lifestyle, you connect consumers with the power of superior sound.
- Contribute your talents to high-end, esteemed brands like JBL, Mark Levinson and Revel
- Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development
- Create pitch-perfect, cutting-edge technology that elevates the listening experience
About the Role
We are looking for an adventurous, passionate and result driven CMF engineer/designer with world class sensibility for Color, Material, and Finishes. The right candidate should inspire new ideas and has the ability to bring own vision to reality. You will take a lead role with hands-on responsibilities working in a very fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Harman International is the worldwide leader in the designing high-quality, high fidelity audio and electronic products for automotive, consumer and professional use. Harman Design Center is the heart of our consumer electronics development. You will join an international and award winning team, where insight and abilities are highly appreciated.
What You Will Do
- Play an active role in our Engineering as well as Design team and be part of an eclectic group of great international environment
- Move fast, make critical decisions, take ownership as well as continually push for improvements
- Be involved in all phases of the design process for CMF, from concept, over strategic, to tactical, and implementation
- Evaluate costs and MP possibilities
- Work very closely with ME, Tooling, ID and BU team to ensure that all color, material and finish samples are approved per schedule and SOP on time
- Spot lifestyle tendencies and turn them into new concepts along with multidisciplinary teams
- Lead innovative concepts with the use of materials as well as explore special edition opportunities across different brands
- Establish and maintain relationship with our suppliers. Develop ODM’s CMF capability to support Harman business
- Evolve the brand with new relevant CMF to keep the design language up to date
- Manage the CMF library; continually keep the samples up to date
- Lead projects and deliver great presentations
- Create special edition CMF proposals to support marketing and partnership projects
- Work independently by creating initiative and new business opportunities
- Explore special edition opportunities for all product categories
What You Need to Be Successful
- Bachelor degree in industrial design or similar field
- 3 years of experience in CMF design with the clear record of material innovation and implementation on the consumer products
- Awesome skills in creating renderings by using Keyshot or similar software
- Solid knowledge in 3D software’s such as Rhino, Solidworks or PTC Creo as well as Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator.
- Deep interest in good music, street culture, sport, music and fashion.
- An excellent sense of humor.
- Very good knowledge in English, other languages are a plus.
What Makes You Eligible
- Willingness to travel.
- Willingness to work in an office.
- Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.
What We Offer
- Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote work one day per week for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location.
- Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.).
- Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University.
- Competitive wellness benefits.
- Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria.
- “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
- 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.