About the role:
In this role you will be responsible for driving the Software Factory strategy and culture across all of Harman Automotive to continuously improve the Software engineering. In brief, a Software Factory is an integrated set of tooling, services, data, and processes that enables engineers to plan, build, test, adaptively release, and/or operate and manage the software. You will lead a team of delivery experts to transform the engineering organization into a cloud based design, development and test factory. This role will work with the SBU product and project teams to utilize and implement a Software Factory approach, with a high degree of mastery and consistency. This team will also be responsible for looking externally to the industry to evaluate best practices for modern software development and delivery, of state-of-the-art technology products.
What You Will Do
- Evaluate industry operating model benchmarks and collaborate with SBU Engineering Excellence and technology leaders for defining implementation roadmaps
- Lead a cross functional team of engineers, architects, and technology leaders with expertise in building cloud-based software design, development, simulation, and testing methods
- Challenge, motivate, support, and hold accountable SBU product and project teams to adapt new operating model initiatives (processes, tools, capabilities)
- Partner with SBU Engineering Excellence, Delivery, and Domain leadership to define a shared enterprise level software engineering strategy, test methodologies and models, and drive full adoption and utilization by the product and project engineering teams
- Drive results and track effectiveness with performance metrics, targets, and outlook to drive continuous improvements for Automotive Engineering
- Cultivate and grow engineering excellence concepts into a mature state of work (processes, tools, capabilities) for implementation readiness
- Collaborate with Automotive Services to leverage operating model initiatives to build software practices as a service
- Ensure that the interests of engineering stakeholders including Manufacturing, Digital Twin, Divisional Technology, Procurement, and Customer Groups are represented in the implementation of enterprise engineering operating models
What You Need
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or equivalent
- 10+ years related technical experience
- 5+ years in a leadership of global teams in an Automotive environment
- Hands-on and expert knowledge and experience with Linux, Cloud Platforms (Azure preferred), and infra-automation such as Terraform, Docker Compose, GitOps, and shell scripting
- Deep understanding of software development processes in the automotive industry including Continuous Delivery and virtual simulation
- Experience in building up and maintaining a team of highly qualified experts
- Experience in defining, monitoring and acting on KPIs for driving improvements
- Experience in consulting with and advising a distributed global large-scale engineering organization
- Ability to articulate vision and influence decision making outcomes with internal stakeholders, external suppliers, and customers
- Radiates a mindset of continuous improvements of engineering execution methods and tools
- Ability to drive application of software engineering standards in multiple vertical engineering departments
- Prior experience in a strategy consulting firm with Automotive customers as well as hands-on experience in designing, building, securing, and managing Kubernetes on the cloud at scale would be a bonus
What 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 based on the Metall & Elektro Tarif Baden Wurttemberg and an Employer contribution towards a company pension plan
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