Principal Engineer, Packaging Sustainability

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 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

This role will have a passion for sustainability and a proven understanding of Eco- packaging materials, structural design, reduction, retrieval, recycling, and print processes. The job holder will lead the validation of packaging materials that represent new trend and support the packaging team to achieve greater focus on sustainability and innovation in the years to come.  He/she can collaborate packaging sustainability and bring excitement to Harman about the sustainability eco-packaging important subject. And this job holder will be responsible for Packaging related Regulation/Compliance requirement, such as strategies, policies, analyzing the latest policies and trends related to Sustainability packaging and green certificates. This will include the scope of applicability, compliance, trading, market distribution, price forecasting, corporate applications etc.

What You Will Do

• Make the sustainability of eco-packaging roadmap based on Harman company top strategy, participate in the growth of sustainability program, manage the execution of key commitments and track progress towards the targeted goals.
• Identify new packaging technologies and industrial materials network that will help bring packaging sustainability optimization.
• Support and work with highly cross-functional teams, including BU, Designer, Operations, Engineers, and other associates, on developing and defining packaging expectations during the NPI process.
• Lead the validation and implementation of packaging materials that represent a new technology or material.
• Understand the sustainability goals and initiatives of strategic packaging materials suppliers.
• Train and share with PS team and even the cross-function department of the Sustainability of eco-packaging domain knowledge.
• Study packaging Carbon Footprint LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) management and improve to benefit our product packaging design.
• Handle NTI and NPI projects which close to the new packaging material development.
• Handle Packaging related Regulation/Compliance requirement.

What You Need to Be Successful

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, Material Science, Packaging Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in Sustainability related areas - at least three years in leadership roles in packaging sustainability.
• Proven track record of being innovative as well as possessing strong communication, project management, and leadership skills, while performing in a fast paced, regulatory environment.
• Awareness of best practices in sustainable packaging, including knowledge of regulations, laws, and guidelines.
• Solid practices in packaging engineering includes concept layout, material, and process implementation.

Bonus Points if You Have

• Packaging design, cost and Reliability Test experience.
• Fluent spoken English skills.
• Good communication skills.
• Proactive, result-oriented, and practical.
• Able to adapt to changing demands and conditions.
• Providing exceptional service and quality to external and internal customer.

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 investigatio.

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.

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.