Company Summary:
Harman International Industries, Inc. is the worldwide leader in the manufacture of high-quality, high-fidelity audio and electronic products for automotive, consumer and professional use. It is the parent company behind an array of legendary brands that includes Harman Kardon®, JBL®, Mark Levinson® and Infinity®.The Company has developed, both internally and through a series of acquisitions, a range of product offerings. It operates in three segments: Automotive, Consumer and Professional. The Automotive segment designs, manufactures and markets audio, electronic and infotainment systems for vehicle applications primarily to be installed as original equipment by automotive manufacturers. The Consumer segment designs, manufactures and markets audio, video and electronic systems for home, mobile and multimedia applications. The Professional segment designs, manufactures and markets loudspeakers and electronic systems used by audio professionals in concert halls, stadiums, airports, houses of worship and theme attractions. For more than 50 years, our legendary brands have taken a leading role in the creation and innovation of progressive technologies, from the world's first car radio in 1948 to today's most revolutionary infotainment systems. 

 

Scope of a APQP Engineer Responsibilities:

• APQP Engineer for preventive Quality HBAS is responsible for Qualitative Outputs and works within Development Team1-Structure until Manufacturing Launch on key projects

• Is an independent reporting function to assist Program Team in Launch of OEM-product

• The APQP-Engineer has reviewing and judging responsibility for each preventive quality  subject incl. review/audit processes within dedicated product/product group
   o The responsibility starts with setup of quality aspects for APQP-handbook incl. defining product quality parameters according to OEM-customer requirements 
   o Active participation, review and audit of maturity gate process of PLM-processes during product development in alignment with Program Mgmt. overall steering 
   o Deriving, implementing and Evaluation of preventive quality measures
   o Active Participation in FMEA/RMEA processes which are performed by various functional departments
   o Has the responsibility to take over the role of a task lead  (in alignment with Program Management)  in case of severe quality issues during development
   o Provides internal summary quality reports (based on results from various functional departments) (QIP Top 5 Report)
   o May be tasked to participate in external reporting towards OEM-customer incl. active collaboration with OEM-customer w/r to quality assurance aspects

• The APQP Engineer is acting within and using existing  internal  organizational structures and is is responsible for inputs into 
   o Design reviews, milestone reviews, sub-project auditing, target setting
   o Supports process implementation together with Business Process Owners

• Acts as a role model in terms of quality assurance and process compliance

• Helps meet deliverables as defined in PLM process to ensure the Voice of Customer will be met and exceeded in the Product Launch Phase (SOP+90)

 

Accountabilities
• Verifies development process execution and elevates non-compliances with defined Elevation Paths.

• Verifies and audits maturity gate process and design reviews