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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.\nIntroduction: A Career at HARMAN Corporate\nWe’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Corporate, you are integral to our company’s award-winning success.\nEnrich your managerial and organizational talents - from finance, quality, and supply chain to human resources, IT, sales, and strategy \nAugment your comprehensive skillset with expert training across decision-making, change management, leadership, and business development \nObtain 360-degree support throughout your career life cycle, from early-stage to seasoned leader \nWhat You’ll Be Part Of\nYou will serve as a senior technical leader across HARMAN, helping turn emerging technologies and HARMAN's Technology Strategy into differentiated technical capabilities and future business opportunities. You are an authentic technologist with the depth to earn the respect of HARMAN's strongest engineers and scientists and the breadth to operate across Automotive, Consumer and Professional markets.\nYou combine first-principles technical thinking with business judgment and understand the full journey from research and experimentation through architecture, engineering and productization. This is not a technology-strategy or divisional engineering role. You will partner closely with Technology Strategy and HARMAN's business engineering leaders, providing technical leadership where opportunities cross organizational boundaries, are still immature, or require capabilities that do not yet exist.\nYour Team\nYou will join the HARMAN Chief Technology Officer's direct reports team as a key member. You will work across HARMAN Research, Technology Strategy, Automotive, Lifestyle and Samsung technology organizations. Depending on the strategic technology domains being pursued, you will establish and lead focused teams combining HARMAN experts with external partners, academia, startups and Samsung research and pre-development organizations.\nHow You’ll Make An Impact\nServe as a senior technical authority across HARMAN and provide independent technical judgment on strategically important technologies and architectures. \nTranslate priorities identified through HARMAN's Technology Strategy into technical hypotheses, architectures, experiments and capability-building programs. \nIdentify technical discontinuities and opportunities that could materially affect HARMAN's future competitiveness. \nLead selected advanced-technology initiatives from early exploration through demonstrated technical and business viability and transition toward the businesses. \nBuild strategic technology capabilities and high-caliber technical teams in areas where HARMAN needs to establish or strengthen differentiated expertise. \nConnect and challenge technical communities across Automotive, Consumer, Professional, HARMAN Research and Samsung. \nAdvise HARMAN technology and business leaders on complex technology choices, including build, partner, acquire or experiment decisions. \nEstablish strong relationships with leading technology companies, startups, academia and Samsung research organizations and represent HARMAN credibly with customers, partners and the external technology community. \nWhat Makes You A Strong Fit\nExceptional technical track record with demonstrated hands-on depth in a combination of relevant technology domains like physics, software, AI, Machine Learning, acoustics, material science or signal processing, and the ability to reason credibly across adjacent fields. \nProven experience creating significant technologies, architectures, platforms or products - not only managing organizations that created them. \nExperience spanning research or advanced development and industrial-scale product development or productization. \nBroad systems thinking across software, hardware and physical systems; relevant domains may include AI/ML, embedded systems, software platforms, UX/HMI, audio and signal processing, sensing, compute, connectivity and multi-physics systems. \nProven ability to rapidly understand unfamiliar technical domains, identify the critical questions and engage credibly with deep experts. \nDemonstrated ability to translate complex technology into business, competitive and investment implications. \nSignificant technology leadership experience in complex organizations, including leading senior engineers, scientists and technical leaders. \nDemonstrated ability to influence across organizational boundaries and create alignment without relying on hierarchy. \nExtraordinary communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to operate effectively with engineers, researchers, business leaders, customers, partners and senior executives. \nStrong commercial judgment combined with scientific and engineering rigor. \nBonus Points if You Have\nAdvanced degree in engineering, computer science, physics or another relevant technical discipline, or comparable experience. \nExperience across multiple industries, particularly Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Professional Audio/Video or adjacent technology markets. \nExperience in more than one organizational environment, ideally including a large global corporation and a technology company, startup or entrepreneurial environment. \nDemonstrated experience taking technology from research or concept through architecture and product realization. \nExperience working with external research ecosystems, academia, startups and strategic technology partners. \n Proven ability to build new technical capabilities and attract exceptional technical talent. \n International and cross-cultural leadership experience. \nThings To Know\n This role can be based in either Sunnyvale, CA or Northridge, CA and follows a hybrid schedule, with regular in-office collaboration alongside engineering, product, and customer program teams.\nThis role requires occasional domestic and international travel to customer sites, manufacturing locations, or product launch meetings. \nThis role roles requires working across HARMAN's global locations, businesses and Samsung technology organizations. \nThis role requires successfully completing a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment (post-offer). \nWhat You Can Expect\nA hybrid work environment that balances flexibility with in-person collaboration, with most office-based roles onsite three days a week. \nAccess to employee discounts on HARMAN and Samsung products (including JBL, Harman / Kardon, AKG, and others) \nLearning and development opportunities through our award-winning HARMAN University programs \nWellness benefits designed to support your overall well-being \nTuition reimbursement support \nAccess to the HARMAN campus fitness center and cafeteria, where available \nAn inclusive and diverse work environment that supports both your professional and personal development \nSalary Ranges:\n$ 240,000 - $ 352,000HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. 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