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 Automotive
We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.
Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience
Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence
Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment
What You’ll Be Part Of
This role is responsible for the technical integrity and completeness of System FMEA content across the product lifecycle.
This role defines and governs the analysis scope, including system elements, functions, requirements, interfaces, and boundary conditions, to ensure risk analysis reflects the true product designs.
The role ensures robust integration of lessons learned, field feedback, and cross-functional technical inputs to proactively identify and mitigate product and process risks.
Your Team
You will be part of a global architecture organization responsible for defining and guiding the system and software architecture of IVI/Cockpit/CCU projects and platforms.
There is no direct or indirect report to this role.
How You’ll Make An Impact
- Define and document system elements, functions, requirements, interfaces, and boundary conditions for the System FMEA.
- Set and maintain technical scope and focus areas for FMEA analysis based on architecture changes, product maturity, and risk hotspots.
- Provide and validate technical input data, including requirements, interface definitions, architecture artifacts, and lessons learned.
- Lead technical FMEA content development with system architects, hardware and software leads, safety, quality, and manufacturing stakeholders.
- Ensure proactive identification of failure modes, effects, and causes, with clear technical rationale and risk linkage.
- Ensure consistency and traceability between System/Design FMEA and Process FMEA, including alignment of risks and actions.
- Drive reuse of validated technical content, standard functional blocks, and product-line lessons learned.
- Review and approve completeness and correctness of technical FMEA content per project milestones.
- Support FMEA steering and release reviews with clear technical status, open risk themes, and mitigation effectiveness.
- Track and drive closure of technical action plans with responsible owners and ensure residual risk is acceptable.
What Makes You A Strong Fit
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Systems, Electrical, Mechanical, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
- Strong experience in system-level product development in automotive or other complex embedded systems.
- Proven capability in technical risk management, requirements engineering, and interface management across disciplines.
- Hands-on knowledge of AIAG and VDA FMEA methodology and practical understanding of DFMEA and PFMEA interaction.
- Ability to translate complex technical topics into structured, high-quality FMEA content with clear prioritization.
- Experience facilitating cross-functional technical reviews and aligning stakeholders on risk quality and action ownership.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with high attention to technical detail and traceability.
- Experience with FMEA software tools (Simens Team Center, or APIS IQ) and structured documentation practices.
Bonus Points if You Have
- Previous experience as an FMEA Technical Lead or FMEA Facilitator in series automotive programs.
- Familiarity with automotive development process (ASPICE, ITAF16949)
- Experience building and reusing foundation/family FMEA libraries across product lines.
- Understanding of manufacturing handover phases and responsibility transitions from development to industrialization and launch teams.
Things To Know
- Be willing to travel up to 30%, domestic and international travel
- Successfully completing a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment
What You Can Expect
- A hybrid work environment that balances flexibility with in-person collaboration, with most office-based roles onsite three days a week.
- Access career development opportunities and get both on-the-job training on high-end automotive projects, as well as extensive technical training.
- Access HARMAN Web shop with large employee discounts for audio products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG
- Encouraged to a healthy work/life balance with a progressive holiday plan based on total work experience, 2 sick days, 3 days off compensation for weekend legal holidays, and flextime.
- And of course, enjoy meal tickets, a premium medical subscription, fitness discounts and other corporate perks.
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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.
