HARMAN International · 4 months ago
Director, AI - Process Excellence
Novi - Michigan, USA - Cabot Drive
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$185K/yr - $272K/yr
10+ years expHARMAN International is a technology leader focused on innovation and teamwork. They are seeking a hands-on technical leader for the role of Director, AI - Process Excellence, responsible for driving enterprise-scale AI adoption and leading the architecture and development of AI platforms within the automotive division.
AudioConsumerConsumer ElectronicsDSPElectronicsManufacturing
Responsibilities
Lead the architecture and development of AI platforms focused on internal process excellence
Partner with the Automotive Principal Architect to define the architecture, tools, and processes for AI/ML adoption globally
Manage a team of five AI practitioners, while mentoring global teams implementing AI solutions
Design and implement advanced AI solutions requiring cross–value-stream orchestration
Influence an AI-first culture across HARMAN’s Automotive Digital roadmap as part of the Automotive Digital Leadership coalition
Lead development of end-to-end data platforms for agentic AI training, evaluation, and reinforcement, aligned with strategy, budget, and resources
Build scalable, real-time pipelines to ingest, transform, and store multimodal data (text, logs, user interactions, actions, environments)
Design dynamic memory and knowledge systems (vector stores, graph DBs, memory stores)
Collaborate with researchers to integrate live feedback, human-in-the-loop data, and auto-labeling systems
Own data governance, quality, and security policies for self-improving AI agents, aligning with global standards
Build observability tools for agent behavior and decision tracking (lineage, reproducibility, versioning)
Mentor junior engineers and cultivate a high-performance engineering culture
Stay ahead of AI infrastructure trends and incorporate best practices into roadmaps
Act as subject matter expert for AI engineering internally and externally
Manage budgets for AI tools and rigorously measure value generated vs. costs
Drive ecosystem partnerships, vendor management, and executive-level influence to advance adoption
Qualification
Required
Graduate degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (PhD a plus)
10+ years of data engineering experience, including 5+ years in leadership or architecture
Expertise in Python and SQL
Strong background in real-time streaming frameworks (Kafka, Pulsar, Spark Streaming, Flink)
Experience building and maintaining data lakes/warehouses (Snowflake, Delta Lake, BigQuery, MS Fabric)
Hands-on with LLMs, vector databases (Pinecone, FAISS), and agent memory systems
Knowledge of MLOps/agent lifecycle tooling (LangChain, MCP, AutoGen, MLflow)
Cloud-native architecture experience (AWS/GCP/Azure), incl. orchestration (Airflow, dbt)
Proven ability to influence, lead change, and communicate effectively with stakeholders
Preferred
Familiarity with agent frameworks (OpenAI Assistants, LangGraph, AutoGPT, CrewAI, Semantic Kernel)
Data engineering certification (e.g., DP-600 for MS Fabric)
Project Management certification (e.g., PMI)
Advanced cross-cultural leadership and conflict resolution skills
Automotive or manufacturing industry knowledge
Benefits
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 products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, and more)
Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
Competitive wellness benefits
Tuition reimbursement
“Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development
Company
HARMAN International
Headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, HARMAN (harman.com) designs and engineers connected products and solutions for automakers, consumers, and enterprises worldwide, including connected car systems, audio and visual products, enterprise automation solutions; and services supporting the Internet of Things.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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unknown2016-11-14Acquired
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Leadership Team
Darrin Shewchuk
Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications
Christian Sobottka
President and Chief Executive Officer at HARMAN International
Recent News
2026-01-16
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