[Hiring] Cost and Sustainability Engineer @HARMAN International

Role Description

Senior Cost & Sustainability Engineer work to achieve the profitability, sustainability and growth goals defined by the leadership strategy through a cross-functional collaborative environment with Procurement, Engineering, Customer Account Management, Manufacturing and Suppliers.

Your Team

This position will report to the Cost & Sustainability Engineering Lead and will be an individual contributor role with no direct or indirect reports.

What You Will Do

• Utilize internal and external databases to build cost and life-cycle CO2e assessment models that will establish Design-to-Cost, CO2e reduction targets for components, modules, assemblies designed into HARMAN Automotive products.
• Drive HARMAN “best practice” cost, design and CO2e reference for the Harman Automotive products to a component level:
• Review and analyze cost breakdowns from supplier quotes and understand relevant cost influent factors.
• Contribute to the technical definition and implementation of electronic system cost and CO2e modeling solutions, including the identification of analytics that enable trend data to be established.
• Develop close technical relationships with suppliers to identify best cost, design solutions, including emerging technologies that provide cost and CO2e improvements.
• Work with Engineering & Product Sourcing teams during the new business quoting phase to establish reference cost targets and source board.
• Active participation during negotiating events with target costing.
• Identify and drive category strategy activities to meet should cost target and best CO2e solution (based on: new supplier scouting, benchmarking, purchased part relocation – defined category strategy plan including sustainability roadmap), alignment with cross-functional teams.
• Develop cost engineering infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• Minimum 6 years work experience in the following areas:
• Cost engineering of (E)/mechanical components and systems.
• VA/VE of (E)/mechanical components and systems.
• Engineering automotive (E)/mechanical components.
• Automotive procurement.
• Advanced manufacturing engineering.
• Experience with factors impacting design for CO2e improvement.
• Experience with complex components, modules, assemblies.
• Technical contribution on review the work of other cost engineers.
• Ability to solve complex technical topics through structured solutions.
• Ability to breakdown component costs into the constituent costs.
• Good presentation skills and demonstrated ability to effectively present complex technical topics.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills who can effectively work with all levels of a global organization.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, highly measured, results-focused environment.
• Experience supporting Procurement in supplier negotiations.
• Fluency in English.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in engineering (Nice to Have).
• Minimum 2 years work experience in developing costs models for component, modules, assemblies (Nice to Have).
• Experience with automotive electronic systems is highly desirable, including experience selecting and/or recommending automotive grade components (Nice to Have).
• Capability to share knowledge and best practices with teammates (Nice to Have).
• Change Orientation: Able to adapt to changing demands and conditions (Nice to Have).
• Experience in data analytics (Nice to Have).

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 20%, domestic and international travel.

Benefits

• 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.