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Location:
Shenzhen - Guangdong, China
Job Family:
Engineering
Worker Type Reference:
Regular - Permanent
Pay Rate Type:
Salary
Career Level:
T2
Job ID:
R-50582-2025

Description & Requirements

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, Mark Levinson and Revel
  • Unite your passion for audio innovation with high-tech product development
  • Create pitch-perfect, cutting-edge technology that elevates the listening experience

About the Role

We are looking for an adventurous, passionate and result driven CMF engineer/designer with world class sensibility for Color, Material, and Finishes. The right candidate should inspire new ideas and has the ability to bring own vision to reality. You will take a lead role with hands-on responsibilities working in a very fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Harman International is the worldwide leader in the designing high-quality, high fidelity audio and electronic products for automotive, consumer and professional use.  Harman Design Center is the heart of our consumer electronics development. You will join an international and award winning team, where insight and abilities are highly appreciated.

What You Will Do

  • Play an active role in our Engineering as well as Design team and be part of an eclectic group of great international environment
  • Move fast, make critical decisions, take ownership as well as continually push for improvements
  • Be involved in all phases of the design process for CMF, from concept, over strategic, to tactical, and implementation
  • Evaluate costs and MP possibilities
  • Work very closely with ME, Tooling, ID and BU team to ensure that all color, material and finish samples are approved per schedule and SOP on time
  • Spot lifestyle tendencies and turn them into new concepts along with multidisciplinary  teams
  • Lead innovative concepts with the use of materials as well as explore special edition opportunities across different brands
  • Establish and maintain relationship with our suppliers. Develop ODM’s CMF capability to support Harman business
  • Evolve the brand with new relevant CMF to keep the design language up to date
  • Manage the CMF library; continually keep the samples up to date
  • Lead projects and deliver great presentations
  • Create special edition CMF proposals to support marketing and partnership projects
  • Work independently by creating initiative and new business opportunities
  • Explore special edition opportunities for all product categories

What You Need to Be Successful

  • Bachelor degree in industrial design or similar field
  • 3 years of experience in CMF design with the clear record of material innovation and implementation on the consumer products
  • Awesome skills in creating renderings by using Keyshot or similar software
  • Solid knowledge in 3D software’s such as Rhino, Solidworks or PTC Creo as well as Adobe Photoshop, Indesign, Illustrator.
  • Deep interest in good music, street culture, sport, music and fashion.
  • An excellent sense of humor.
  • Very good knowledge in English, other languages are a plus.

What Makes You Eligible

  • Willingness to travel.
  • Willingness to work in an office.
  • Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen.

What We Offer

  • Flexible work environment, allowing for full-time remote 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 (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.

Dependent on the position offered, other forms of compensation are also available, such as bonuses or commission.

Pay is based on a wide range of factors, including, without limitation, skill set, experience, training, location, and business need. While the above range is a reasonable estimate of the wage range for this position, please note the disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographical differential associated with the location where the position may be filled.

Benefits
HARMAN is interested in the health and wellbeing of you and your family and offers a range of benefits designed to support your needs for holistic wellbeing. Benefits and perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with HARMAN, and may include paid vacation and holidays, paid sick leave, volunteer leave, and paid bonding and care giver leave. Employees may also be eligible to participate in comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans, fertility support and adoption assistance, Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, retirement savings plan with employer match, short and long term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.

You Belong Here 
HARMAN is committed to making every employee feel welcomed, valued, and empowered. No matter what role you play, we encourage you to share your ideas, voice your distinct perspective, and bring your whole self with you – all within a support-minded culture that celebrates what makes each of us unique. We also recognize that learning is a lifelong pursuit and want you to flourish. We proudly offer added opportunities for training, development, and continuing education, further empowering you to live the career you want.  
 
About HARMAN: Where Innovation Unleashes Next-Level Technology 
Ever since the 1920s, we’ve been amplifying the sense of sound. Today, that legacy endures, with integrated technology platforms that make the world smarter, safer, and more connected.  

Across automotive, lifestyle, and digital transformation solutions, we create innovative technologies that turn ordinary moments into extraordinary experiences. Our renowned automotive and lifestyle solutions can be found everywhere, from the music we play in our cars and homes to venues that feature today’s most sought-after performers, while our digital transformation solutions serve humanity by addressing the world’s ever-evolving needs and demands. Marketing our award-winning portfolio under 16 iconic brands, such as JBL, Mark Levinson, and Revel, we set ourselves apart by exceeding the highest engineering and design standards for our customers, our partners and each other. 

If you’re ready to innovate and do work that makes a lasting impact, join our talent community today!  

Important Notice: Recruitment Scams
Please be aware that HARMAN recruiters will always communicate with you from an '@harman.com' email address. We will never ask for payments, banking, credit card, personal financial information or access to your LinkedIn/email account during the screening, interview, or recruitment process. If you are asked for such information or receive communication from an email address not ending in '@harman.com' about a job with HARMAN, please cease communication immediately and report the incident to us through: harmancareers@harman.com. 

HARMAN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity employer. HARMAN strives to hire the best qualified candidates and is committed to building a workforce representative of the diverse marketplaces and communities of our global colleagues and customers.  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.HARMAN attracts, hires, and develops employees based on merit, qualifications and job-related performance.(www.harman.com)