Sr. Launch Engineer

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 every day.

A Career at HARMAN

We are ONE HARMAN. We are greater than the sum of our divisions or brands. We proudly talk about our many iconic brands and describe how our technologies are transforming the car, the workplace and everywhere in between. We work hard. We create useful, playful, beautiful things. We strive for excellence and we aim to win as a team. No matter the position, every employee at HARMAN is expected to demonstrate our core competencies: leadership, change-orientation, collaboration, judgment and a results-driven mindset. At HARMAN, we expect brilliance. You can expect a career full of brilliant possibilities.

Position Summary:
Supervisory Responsibilities:

- Launch Engineer
- Jr. Launch Engineer
- Launch Technician
- As a part of the supervisory responsibilities, if there is not an employee to attend the process, the direct boss will have to attend the process or assign the activities to another employee (with equal qualifications).

Job Responsibilities:

- Supports recurring meetings, both internal and external, to track the progress of the project.
- Coordinate the generation and release of all appropriate documentation: PFMEAS, flowcharts, Control Plans, Visual Aids, VJIs (Visual Job Instructions), plant layouts, labeling layout, etc.
- Maintains/improve the status of the project, using tools like Projectbook.
- Comply with quality systems and environmental management implemented in the company.
- Coordinates all changes to the process with Engineering areas and the implementation.
- Coordinates all changes to the product with Program Managers and the implementation.
- Comply with the review of the status of PLM.
- Review the strategic points that relate to internal meetings and expectations of customers.
- Follow up with Program Managers the outstanding points in the bull-DV.
- Follow up with Program Manager the outstanding points in the runs of PV.
- Provide solutions through established communication channels.
- Represent the needs of the customer in internal functions according to the requirements of the Quality System and Customer Specific Requirements.
- Coordinate the new models first running, maturity gates, compliance assurance.
- Drive the design, validation and implementation of product packaging (raw material, internal work in process and external to customer)
- Lead the implementation of BOM changes
- Identify and record changes with the product, process in part history.

Industrialization activities after M7 (PV readiness)
- Provide detailed Launch Plan and execution aligned with HARMAN and customer milestones
- Coordinate samples build, review and feedback
- Coordinate equipment installation in manufacturing plant
- Receive technical handover from IPM (Industrialization Project Manager)
- Coordinate fixture modifications to new product launches
- Coordinate materials preparation for pre-series builds (e.g. PV)
- Lead VAVE (Value Analysis / Value Engineering) engineering changes implementation in plant
- Lead new cybersecurity implementations or changes in cybersecurity (test equipment)
- Ensure test coverage balance between processes
- Drive low yield performance actions
- Coordinate procurement of facilities

Capacity increase after M8
- Drive and permanently maintain project capacity plan and layout plan for needed capacity increase through plant Engineering
- Coordinate the update of all appropriate documentation
- Monitor the creation of Purchase Requests for all equipment necessary
- Document equipment and line qualification plans per customer and HARMAN requirements

Basic Qualifications:

- Integrity.
- Innovation.
- Inclusion.
- Teamwork & Respect.
- Excellence.
- Bachelor Degree on Industrial Engineer/Electronic/Electromechanical.
- Deep Knowledge of PFMEAS, BOM, Engineering Changes and documentation control, core tools.
- Knowledge in customer EOM specific requirements
- 5+ years of prior experience in industrial product manufacturing environment.
- 5 years of prior experience coordinating new projects..
- 5 years of prior experience implementing Continuous Improvement and excellence Methods.
- English 90%, Advance English level (reading and writing that allow fluid presentations).

Preferred Qualifications:

- Leadership.
- Change Orientation.
- Collaboration.
- Judgment.
- Result Driven.
- Knowledge on LPC (Life Product Cycle).
- Communication Skills (Oral and Written).
- Able to plan and organize.
- Initiative.
- Analytical.
- Problem solving skills.
- Project management skills.
- Achievement oriented.
- Assertive.
- Strategic and decisive.
- Computer knowledge.
- MS Project.
- Special charact