Equipment Design Engineer

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

Support activity with maintenance, repair, operations, North American Indirect Procurement, Spare Part Data Management, and Process Engineering Business Unit purchasing to procure critical proprietary spare parts for all of the North American Plants. Help determine sourcing for spare parts; in-house, from management, or by approved suppliers. Provide quote, when necessary, ship, bill, and support accounting as required for cost allocation. Arrange for assembly and quality check of spare parts as new suppliers are validated. Perform technical analysis of critical spare parts to determine if the Process Engineering Business Unit can shift procurement to maintenance, repair, operations via approved companies or suppliers when able. Help provide technical support, plant technical training, and perform repair and performance validation for specialized D-Products.

Key Accountabilities

• Support the creation and monitoring of the North American region Process Engineering Business Unit supplied spare parts to ensure all factors are considered including:
  tracking of delivery, process time, specialty purchase parts orders.
• Work with Senior Engineer(s) within the group to provide D-Product technical support to ensure minor model change delivery stability on D-product issues (Servo Guns, Paint bells,LET's & ETC) including but not limited to emergency support, creation of assembly and troubleshooting manuals, training suppliers and associates on correct assembly and tracking methods.
• Support the creation and tracking of the North American region D-product rebuilds along with ensuring the process required to achieve quality is maintained on in-house and supplier-built D-product assembly's
• Assist in the validation of replenishment stock orders for maintenance, repair, operation., Working with North American Indirect Procurement and Senior Engineer(s) within the group to set the localization plan or direct supplier setting of Process Engineering Business Unit proprietary items. Assist in the optimization of direct order details and reduction of Process Engineering Business Unit order quantity to create ideal Q.C.D characteristics.
• Help ensure NA Region spare parts inventory for D-product is properly planned to ensure regional Q,C,D characteristics are achieved, support discussions with management & TW for orders to Japan - Including but not limited to the creation of request for quotes, requisitions and communication between the Process Engineering Business Unit and management.

Qualifications, Experience, and Skills

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical or Electrical preferred) or equivalent job experience.
• 0-2 years of technical/engineering work experience in Manufacturing (focus in specialized area a plus).

• Application of engineering and manufacturing principles.
• Technical experience with Honda Development & Manufacturing D-products - weld guns, paint bells, machining gang-heads
• Willingness to go to the spot (plant floor, supplier) and perform hands-on analysis and work as required.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office & SAP.
• Strong verbal, written, and presentation skills to communicate effectively both with customers and internal project teams.
• Business acumen in a technical environment.

Working Conditions

• Flexible Work Hours & Schedule if needed. Work on the floor, in office, and attend/report at meetings.
• Ability to Travel, both domestic and international (
• 5-15 hours of OT per week.
• Weekend, holiday, and emergency support work may be required.

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
Free Drinks Onsite

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.