Brand Experience Technical Lead

About the Position

The Brand Experience team creates innovative meaningful consumer experiences to make a positive impact on people’s lives with products, services, and technologies. This role will work closely with the Brand Owner, customer teams, and OEM customers to translate the brand experience vision into a technical vision, feature pipeline, and feasible technical path for both vehicle demonstrations, and ~80% asset reuse for production programs within the automotive environment.

Responsibilities

• Translate the brand experience vision into a technical vision, feature ideas, and feasible technical path aligned with customer needs
• Define optimized architecture, feature concepts, and experience documentation (ERD early phases) for the Brand Experience Package; Define enabler features/stories
• Coordinate brand's technology strategy and roadmap with Lifestyle Division (NPI / NTI)
• Lead the determination of Technical Feasibility, risk eval & go/no-go analysis
• Investigate/evaluate new UI/UX/audio related technologies and best practices, tools, and methods for potential inclusion
• Synthesize detailed engineering requirements from the Brand Experience vision and user level requirements, for consumption by the Brand Delivery Manager and teams
• Engage with key OEM customer technical teams to align long-term architecture and implementation strategies.
• Act as technical subject matter expert and mentor, and train other Brand Technical Leads.
• Engages the broader innovation and project delivery teams to evaluate idea feasibility.
• Show fresh, insightful thinking by developing creative approaches to products & solutions, services, business models & strategies.
• Participate in ART-level events (PI Planning, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt).
• Ensure alignment with SAFe Lean-Agile principles.
• Collaborate with Release Train Engineer (RTE), Product Management, and Scrum Masters.
• Identifies enablers needed to realize features and experiences.
• Define and maintain architectural vision.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Acoustical or Electrical Engineering
• 15+ years of combined brand, audio, product, and business-related experience.
• 5+ years in leadership, customer relationship management, and supplier relationships, preferably in automotive and/or luxury audio.
• Must have significant architectural knowledge of automotive infotainment and audio systems.
• Must be able to articulate vision and influence decision making outcomes with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, and the customer.
• Must have a "whatever-it-takes" attitude using diplomatic leadership skills within a collaborative teamwork environment to accomplish the necessary results.
• In addition, having shown high involvement in research, technology development, and cutting-edge innovation.
• Experience working in the audio industry, technology industry, or automotive industry.
• Knowledge of features, strengths, and weaknesses of various software and hardware in the audio and computing realm
• Ability to communicate advanced and complex concepts and ideas persuasively and concisely to all levels of the business.
• Knowledge of acoustic theory, sound reproduction, and sound system tuning is a must

Nice to Have

• Master’s or PHD degree in Acoustical Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• Strong recommendations from automotive industry colleagues
• Automotive Business & Engineering Landscape Knowledge
• Luxury Audio Business & Engineering Landscape Knowledge
• Specific experience required in three or more of the following fields: signal flow design, UI/UX design, electronics engineering, transducer engineering, acoustic engineering, digital signal processing, psychoacoustics, and recording arts.
• Passion for acoustics and sound reproduction
• Flexible in a challenging work environment
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of recording arts/Musician
• Excellent presentation/communication skills

We Offer

• HARMAN offers a diverse and inclusive work environment that fosters and encourages career development opportunities, professional training, and competitive market base compensation
• You will also receive top-notch employee discounts on Harman’s Consumer Audio (JBL, AKG, HARMAN Kardon) and Samsung products
• Flexible work schedule with a culture encouraging work life integration and collaboration in a global friendly working atmosphere and good work-life-balance
• Attractive salary package
• Professional development opportunities through HARMAN University’s business and leadership academies which also includes extensive technical trainings
• Internal talent management leadership acceleration programs
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program

Salary

€ 138,550 - € 179,300

The above represents the annual gross base salary range for this role.

About the Company

Ever since the 1920s, we’ve been amplifying the sense of sound. Today, that legacy endures, with integrated technology platforms that make the world smarter, safer, and more connected.

Across automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions, we create innovative technologies that turn ordinary moments into extraordinary experiences. Our renowned automotive and lifestyle solutions can be found everywhere, from the music we play in our cars and homes to venues that feature today’s most sought-after performers, while our digital transformation solutions serve humanity by addressing the world’s ever-evolving needs and demands. Marketing our award-winning portfolio under 16 iconic brands, such as JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel, we set ourselves apart by exceeding the highest engineering and design standards for our customers, our partners, and each other.

If you’re ready to innovate and do work that makes a lasting impact, join our talent community today!