Principal Hardware Engineer, Display

HARMAN’s engineers and designers are creative, purposeful and agile. As part of this team, you’ll combine your technical expertise with innovative ideas to help drive cutting-edge solutions in the car, enterprise and connected ecosystem. Every day, you will push the boundaries of creative design, and HARMAN is committed to providing you with the opportunities, innovative technologies and resources to build a successful career.

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 everyday.

A Career at HARMAN Automotive

We’re a global, multi-disciplinary team that’s putting the innovative power of technology to work and transforming tomorrow. At HARMAN Automotive, we give you the keys to fast-track your career.

• Engineer audio systems and integrated technology platforms that augment the driving experience

• Combine ingenuity, in-depth research, and a spirit of collaboration with design and engineering excellence

• Advance in-vehicle infotainment, safety, efficiency, and enjoyment

About the Role

Develop display LCD module with supplier for automotive application. Implement display electronic driving board design for automotive application. Perform display module design verification test for optical and electrical during full cycle of product development to meet the customer requirement.

What You Will Do

Activities on Display components level:

• Review and analyze customer’s technical requirement for displays, then prepare display technical quotation spec to support RFI/RFQ, including display, touch and the HW driving solution.

• Collaborate with mechanical to optimize and finalize the display solution during the quotation and development phase.

• Technical bridge for all display topics between internal team and display suppliers, and prepare all necessary report and document to support display RFQ and development.

• Support all the troubleshooting regarding to display module during development and production phase.

• Technical management for display suppliers chaining on automotive application.

• Co-audit display suppliers together with souring and quality team.

Activities on Display Hardware Driving Design:

• Hardware driving board design for display unit on automotive product.

• Implement digital and analog circuit design on display unit.

• Take the simulation, design and verification test for high speed video signals, such as LVDS, MIPI and eDP.

• Support Seders HW design and the configurations for automotive display products.

• Collaborate with mechanical, manufacturing and test engineers during development and production phase.

• Hardware requirement analysis, feasibility evaluation and hardware specification definition.

• Design performance improvement, validation and troubleshooting.

• Prepare and release full documentation packages as required per work instructions and project requirements.

• Ensure design activities to be carried out timely and efficiently.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Bachelor degree, Major in electronic engineering, electrical automation or related.

• Good command for display HW design from total display system perspective.

• Preferred with display component and display HW design background.

• Good experiences with display technique and the stack up.

• Familiar with display optical parameters and measurement.

• 6+ years experience on automotive Display engineering design and project delivery experiences, expert in HW design and the verification test for Automotive Display.

• With good mindset of cost structure and supply chain, and be able to support VAVE on display HW driving board design.

• Experience with HW design verification, qualification and EMC test.

• Good in English and Communication skill.

• Familiar with one or two HW circuit simulation tools.

• Good command of high speed video signals simulation, design and the design verification test.

• Good command of display sub material and the characteristics will be preferred, such as lens, film, polarizer and the film stack up in backlight, which can support cost and performance optimization by the capability from cross domains.

Bonus Points if You Have

• Experience with display product on automotive application.

• Experience with display HW driving board design.

• Experience with automotive product development.

What Makes You Eligible

• Willingness to travel 10% of the time.

• Be able to support oversea travelling.

• Must be diligent and detail oriented.

• Must be flexible in work hours to meet project timelines.

What We Offer

• Flexible work environment, allowing for hybrid work one day per week for positions that can be performed outside a HARMAN or customer location

• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)

• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University

• Competitive wellness benefits

• Access to HARMAN Campus Fitness Center and Cafeteria

• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program

• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.