Harman

Principal Mechanical Engineer will work closely with the Mechanical Engineering Team to create Mechanical architecture for strategic projects, and customer projects, review and guide the design, establishing long-term strategy and technology roadmaps for AR-Heads Up Display technologies and components, as well as the short-term, tactical goals and objectives to ensure annual commitments and customer programs are delivered.  

What You Will Do

• Lead parts of mechanical development of head-up displays (HUD) with best cost solution.
• Responsible for material selection to obtain optimum thermal, noise and strength performance with competitive cost
• Employ strategies to reduce thermal and noise component inside the HUD
• Iteratively improve design to pass design (DV) and process validation (PV) cycles.
• Interface with design teams locally and globally to ensure robust product design.
• Participate in design reviews with customer (OEM) in design competition for resolving system implementation issues.
• Apply past experience, lesson learnt and strong engineering principles to improve DFMEA
• Release technical drawings and assist in prototype development during build trials
• Follow customer product development milestones as well as internal program management processes for successful milestone deliveries and fulfill quality gates.
• Benchmark competitive products, technologies, and intellectual properties.
• Participate in the RFI/RFQ phase with requirement review and concept development.
• Work closely with Sr Principal Mechanical Engineer to provide strategic technical planning, interaction, prototyping, and leadership for company's long-term HUD business development together with cockpit development.
• Build strong relationship and knowledge of the corresponding supply chain together with procurement team, quality team and global design teams.
• Research, review, investigate, and identify emerging technologies.
• Support global Digital-Cockpit and ADAS product and platform development activities.
• Work with cross-functional teams to manage supply chain, cost, and quality of products.

What You Need

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
• 8-10 years of Mechanical experience in HUDs or automotive electronics products
• In-depth expertise in NX or CATIA software
• Expertise in design analysis, DFM/DFA factors, BOM creation and tolerance stack calculations
• Experience development during pre-production phase (DV, PV, root cause analysis, 5-Phase, 8D reporting) and production phase (support assembly plants, quality)

What is Nice to Have

• Masters degree in Optical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, or related field with at least 4-6 years of post-graduation working experience
• Experience in augmented reality technologies, flat-panel displays, head-up displays, or camera systems focusing on structures, plastics and optics.
• Knowledge of plastic injection molding, metal stamping and die cast parts
• Experience using FEA analysis tools for shock, vibration and thermal load analysis
• Proven track record of IP filings, conference presentations, journal publications, or product development programs.

What Makes You Eligible

• Willingness to globally travel on need basis (5% of time).
•  This role is eligible to work remotely full-time with occasional trips into the Bangalore office location required (this could be on 24-hour notice)

What We Offer

• 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
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.