Product Testing Senior Engineer - Powersports

What Makes a Honda, is Who makes a Honda
Honda has a clear vision for the future, and it’s a joyful one.  We are looking for individuals with the skills, courage, persistence, and dreams that will help us reach our future-focused goals. At our core is innovation. Honda is constantly innovating and developing solutions to drive our business with record success.  We strive to be a company that serves as a source of “power” that supports people around the world who are trying to do things based on their own initiative and that helps people expand their own potential. To this end, Honda strives to realize “the joy and freedom of mobility” by developing new technologies and an innovative approach to achieve a “zero environmental footprint.”

We are looking for qualified individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, continuous improvement values, and a strong work ethic to join our team.

If your goals and values align with Honda’s, we want you to join our team to Bring the Future!

Job Purpose

Product Testing Senior Engineer is responsible for proficiently executing development projects to generate functioning prototypes that will eventually become production ATV/SxS vehicles, researching and applying new technologies to support business targets and maintaining global vehicle product quality.

Key Accountabilities

• Develop or guide others to develop complex component and system layouts for ATV/SxS prototype vehicles that achieve concept targets, function requirements, and manufacturing requisites without supervision. Communicate specification requirements and manufacturing control points via prototype and production drawings. Break down complicated work, delegate work appropriately and prepare high quality test summaries.
• Set or guide others to set complex performance targets to satisfy vehicle concept and competitiveness. Work cross-functional test teams to set perform validations of specification targets, requirements, components, and complete vehicles through application of engineering principles, simulations, and physical testing without supervision. Maintain accurate technical, development, and administrative documentation as required. Delegate work appropriately.
• Create and manage schedule of individual work to ensure deadlines are achieved, communicate resource needs/concerns real-time with supervisor, and effectively utilize contractor resources with limited supervision. Consistently communicate project status real time and participate in project meetings, discussions, and development events.
• Generate advanced ideas that contribute to the evolution of new technologies. Lead and reinforce maturation of ideas to prepare for development applications without supervision.
• Prioritize, lead and address market quality themes. Utilize problem-solving methods to analyse root causes. Develop and implement C/M specs as necessary without supervision. Lead recurrence prevention when appropriate.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

Minimum Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

 

Minimum Experience:

• 5 years previous engineering experience, preferably in Power Sports industry.

 

Other Job-Specific Skills:

• Possesses and applies a broad knowledge of principles, practices required to complete difficult technical problems and projects
• Competent in FTA, FMEA
• Competent analytical, problem solving, judgement, decision-making and prioritization
• Competent data acquisition and laboratory skills
• Strong leadership and interpersonal communication skills, including written and oral
• Competent understanding of development project cycles, milestones
• Competent time management skills
• Must be able to possess a high level of confidentiality.

 

Please Note: Sponsorship for employment visa status for these positions is unavailable. Applicants requiring sponsorship for employment visa status now or in the future (e.g., F-1 CPT/OPT, H-1B, TN, etc.) will not be considered. 

 

Working Conditions

• Travel: Up to 10% may be required. Amount varies based on project demands/responsibilities, conferences, etc.; includes possible overseas travel.
• Physical: Primarily at a desk, some work in a lab and/or test vehicle, frequent keyboarding.  Frequent kneeling, standing, reaching, squatting, bending, pushing and lifting.  Some physical effort required (pushing 50+ pounds; lifting 25–50 pounds).
• Hazards: Risks found in a typical office & shop setting. Exposure to explosives/flammables, pressurized equipment, toxic chemicals and moving parts.
• Overtime: Overtime expected based on project demands/responsibilities.
• Maintains professional conduct and follows all departmental, safety DEPARTMENT, and COMPANY policies, Procedures, AND rules.

What differentiates Honda and make us an employer of choice?

Total Rewards:

• Competitive Base Salary (pay will be based on several variables that include, but not limited to geographic location, work experience, etc.)
• Paid Overtime
• Regional Bonus (when applicable)
• Industry-leading Benefit Plans (Medical, Dental, Vision, Rx) 
• Paid time off, including vacation, holidays, shutdown
• Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability 
• 401K Plan with company match + additional contribution
• Relocation assistance (if eligible)

Career Growth:

• Advancement Opportunities
• Career Mobility  
• Education Reimbursement for Continued Learning
• Training and Development programs 

Additional Offerings:

• Tuition Assistance & Student Loan Repayment
• Lifestyle Account
• Childcare Reimbursement Account
• Elder Care Support
• Wellbeing Program
• Community Service and Engagement Programs
• Product Programs

 

 

Honda is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor.