Software Engineer

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. 

• Creating the next software platforms to drive the automotive industry 
• 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
We're looking for an exceptional Software Engineer to join our team and help build the core software platform powering Software Defined Vehicles (SDV).
You'll design and develop the software responsible for workload orchestration, software deployment, vehicle communication, and other core platform services running on Linux and embedded environments. This role is ideal for engineers who thrive in complex environments, enjoy solving challenging technical problems, and can independently drive solutions from design through production.
 

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement core platform software for Software Defined Vehicles.
• Build distributed software components responsible for orchestration, deployment, communication, and system management.
• Design software solutions, not just implement predefined tasks.
• Investigate complex technical problems and deliver robust, production-quality solutions.
• Explore, evaluate, and integrate open-source technologies.
• Work with modern engineering practices including Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and code reviews.
• Use AI to accelerate research, system design, implementation, debugging, testing, and code understanding.

What You Need to be Successful 

• Strong software engineering fundamentals.
• 2+ years of experience developing production software. Exceptional candidates with less experience are encouraged to apply.
• Excellent programming skills in at least one modern programming language. Rust is a strong advantage.
• Experience developing software on Linux.
• Experience designing, debugging, and maintaining complex software systems.
• Ability to quickly understand large codebases and become productive.
• Ability to independently design software components and make sound technical decisions.
• Familiarity with distributed systems, networking, asynchronous programming, concurrency, or similar systems-level concepts.
• Experience with Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and modern software engineering practices.
• Strong technical curiosity and the ability to learn independently.
• Proficiency with modern AI-assisted software development. You should be comfortable using LLMs, AI agents, and AI-powered development tools throughout the software development lifecycle to accelerate research, design, implementation, debugging, testing, and code understanding.
• Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated solutions, validate their correctness, and maintain full ownership of technical decisions.
  
  This Role Is Probably For You If:
• You enjoy understanding how complex systems work under the hood.
• You like solving difficult engineering problems with minimal guidance.
• You naturally take ownership and drive work independently.
• You think about architecture, scalability, reliability, and long-term maintainability—not just writing code.
• You're comfortable learning unfamiliar technologies and becoming productive quickly.
• AI is already an integral part of how you engineer software, helping you solve problems faster while maintaining high engineering standards.
• If you're excited about building the software platform behind next-generation Software Defined Vehicles and solving challenging systems-level problems every day, we'd love to hear from you.

 
What Makes You Eligible

• Successfully complete a background investigation.
• Office work 3 days a week.
   

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.