Software Engineer, Development Efficiency AI Productivity, Automation framework (Automotive)

HARMANs engineers and designers are creative purposeful and agile. As part of this team youll 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 youll discover that at HARMAN you can grow make a difference and be proud of the work you do everyday.

About the Role

As a Developer Efficiency Engineer in SBU Connectivity you will drive improvements in software development efficiency across detailed design unit construction and unit verification. You will streamline workflows apply AIbased productivity tools build automation and use datadriven insights to enhance development practices. This role requires a strategicthinking software engineer with strong technical depth and a natural drive to eliminate inefficiencies automate repetitive tasks and improve developer experience.

What You Will Do

Process & Workflow Efficiency

• Analyse software development workflows related to detailed design unit construction and unit verification to identify efficiency gaps.
• Support the adoption of efficient development practices that improve productivity quality and delivery outcomes.

Automation & AI-Based Productivity

• Apply automation frameworks and AIbased productivity tools to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
• Assess the effectiveness of automation and AI initiatives using measurable outcomes.

Metrics Dashboards & Insights

• Develop and maintain dashboards to track development efficiency throughput and agile metrics.
• Analyze data from development tools to identify trends bottlenecks and improvement opportunities.

Continuous Improvement

• Contribute to continuousimprovement initiatives using structured approaches such as experimentation piloting and iterative refinement.
• Support scaling of proven improvements across teams to enhance developer experience and delivery performance.

Collaboration & Enablement

• Work closely with delivery teams to support adoption of efficient development practices.
• Provide datadriven insights and recommendations to improve ways of working across projects.

What You Need

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Software Engineering Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in automotive software development with practical exposure to software development lifecycle activities such as design implementation testing or verification.
• Experience applying automation frameworks and AIbased productivity approaches to reduce manual effort improve consistency and enhance developer workflows.
• Familiarity with responsible and scalable use of AI tools within engineering environments including awareness of data quality validation and governance considerations.
• Experience using engineering and Agile metrics to identify inefficiencies bottlenecks and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Comfortable working with dashboards reports and datadriven insights to support decision making and measure outcomes.

What is Nice to Have

• Strong experience in Automotive Software Development Frameworks.
• Experience with DevOps CI/CD pipelines or development platforms.
• Interest in improving developer experience productivity and engineering effectiveness.
• Curiosity and willingness to experiment with emerging AI capabilities and translate successful pilots into repeatable team level improvements.

What Makes You Eligible

• Be willing to travel up to 20% domestic and international travel
• Be willing to work in an office with hybrid model of remote and onsite office in one of our major software development sites
• Successfully complete a background investigation and drug screen as a condition of employment.

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

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HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard torace 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.