Harman

HARMAN Professional in Aarhus develops automated lighting fixtures under the Martin brand. Martin by HARMAN is one of the world leaders in R&D and manufacturing automated, intelligent entertainment and architectural lighting. The company is ambitious, and based on the positive track and growth, HARMAN Professional wants to strengthen the company's Product Management team with a motivated Product Manager to manage all aspects of the product life cycle process for the full portfolio of state-of-the-art lighting products.

You will join an international team who designs and manufactures lighting products for the biggest stages, theaters, festivals, arenas, and buildings around the world.

Optical Engineering Manager, Lighting R&D

Please note that this role requires you to have Danish / European right to work we are unable to offer any sponsorship for this role.

Introduction: A Career at HARMAN Lifestyle

We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. As a member of HARMAN Lifestyle, you connect consumers with the power of superior sound.,

• Contribute your talents to high-end, esteemed brands like JBL, Harman Kardon, Mark Levinson and Revel.
• Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development.
• Create pitch-perfect, cutting-edge technology that elevates listening experience.

About the Role:

The Manager of Optical Engineering is responsible for leading the global Optical R&D Engineering department of HARMAN Lighting R&D, which is tasked with the development of new Optical technologies, platforms, products, product enhancements and product redesign of HARMANS lighting products in close collaboration and synchronization with the Mechanical, Electrical, FW, Systems and Test Validation teams. Moreover, the role covers responsibility for quality assurance and product qualification during product development from Optical side.

The Manager of Optical Engineering will assume responsibility for a department consisting of engineers and including our Optical prototype laboratories in Denmark and Shenzhen, China. The united Optical teams are located both in Denmark and in Shenzhen, China. The Manager of Optical Engineering is directly responsible for the global team setup, people development and the project task and resource alignment for the global teams.

The most important task will be to act as a global leader towards the global team – bringing together the global teams as one team, providing clear guidance and development and serving as a role model to the employees. Furthermore, the responsibility will be to improve the global Lighting working processes to ensure that the global team balances all parts of the spectrum from creating the most innovative technologies in our technology projects to ensuring we deliver our product development projects on time as promised.

What You Will Do:

• Management of the global Optical development teams including resource management and employee development
• Timely execution of all Optical solutions in all roadmap projects, both technology, platform and NPI
• Alignment and standardization of tools and processes needed for smooth integration of all technologies and platforms into NPI projects – for the global team and in alignment with other functional areas; Mechanical, Electrical and Firmware Department and Systems Engineering and T&V Department
• Budget responsibility for the Optical Engineering team and follow up
• Selection of correct design concepts used for new products or improvement for existing concepts
• Development of product variants, based on known products
• Ensuring that product quality issues reported from the market or production sites are solved together with the Engineering Sustaining organization

What You Need to Be Successful:

• High level of drive and motivation to lead and develop a global R&D organization
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in engineering and preferably within Optics
• Proven ability in leading highly skilled employees through changes – and in a global context
• Ability to communicate and align processes and interfaces across a global organization
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
• Ability to develop repeatable processes or improve existing processes linking ideas, technology projects and platform projects to product development projects.

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.
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program.
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development.

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